Brain coral (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Brain coral

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This brain coral shows the effects of stony coral tissue loss disease. The brown areas are healthy, the white areas are newly dead from the disease, and the light yellow areas are dead and colonized by endolithic algae.

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Photo by Amy Apprill ©WHOI

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