Rod-like sclerites are aligned in tracks running up the polyp body wall in a bamboo coral. Even smaller scale-shaped sclerites are packed into the tissue giving it an opaque appearance.
Rod-like Sclerites
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Mountains in the Deep: Exploring the Central Pacific Basin. Download larger version (jpg, 978 KB).
Rod-like sclerites are aligned in tracks running up the polyp body wall in a bamboo coral. Even smaller scale-shaped sclerites are packed into the tissue giving it an opaque appearance.
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