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Coral

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Date Taken: 
January 1, 2013
Photographer: 
Chuck Savall
Coral [13]
Caption: 

Coral

Description: 

Image of Orange Cup Coral (Tubastraea coccinea) polyps with tentacles extended.

Copyright: 

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Addtional Comments/Notes: 

The granules visible in the Cup Coral's tentacles are the corralite zooxanthellae, symbiotoc algae which provide the coral with energy. Taken inside the Bonaire Marine Park.

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