Astrangia coral with dinoflagellates (IMAGE)

Marine Biological Laboratory

Astrangia coral with dinoflagellates

Caption

Darkfield imaging is used to reveal the non-autofluorescent coral tissue in the Northern Star coral (Astrangia poculata), a species with no intrinsic fluorescence. Non-fluorescent tissue (cyan) and dinoflagellates (magenta) are combined in the image.

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Philippe Laissue, Scientific Reports, 2020

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