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microscopic photograph of sclerites from different coral species


A microscope photograph shows the difference between sclerites of two different coral species. The ‘warty’ orange sclerites are from Paragorgia sp. and the pin-shaped clear sclerites are from Lepidisis sp. Photo by S. France.

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