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Title: Leather Coral Spawning. Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
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A knobby leather coral (Sinularia sp.) spawns at night in November. This coral appeared to be releasing white, oval shaped eggs, suggesting it has sperated sexed colonies, with other male colonies releasing invisible clouds of sperm. Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. Ceram Sea.
- Anthozoans: Anthozoa
- Cnidarians: Cnidaria
- coral reef
- eggs
- Indonesia
- Invertebrates
- knobby leather coral: Sinularia sp.
- Marine Life
- Raja Ampat
- reproduction
- sex
- Soft Corals: Stoloniferans: Gorgonians: Alyconacea
- South East Asia
- tropical
- West Papua
- wide angle
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