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  1. Strange substance on Acropora

    Hi all, I am part of a research team in Okinawa, Japan, researching on coral diseases. We came across this Acropora table and was wondering if anyone knows what the blue/green coating is on the left side of the picture (see attached)? My guess is the Acropora got affected by White Syndrome and...
  2. Lines on Favites: Growth anomaly or natural?

    Hi Josh thank you so much for responding! You definitely make sense. I would like to find out more about it. The most common form of asexual reproduction I know is budding, and that would give the Favites Stylifera it's irregular shape (corallites of varying sizes), but in this case the lines...
  3. Lines on Favites: Growth anomaly or natural?

    Dear all, I am part of a research group in Okinawa, Japan and we came across quite a few Favites colonies with these grey/white lines (Please see attached images). Does anyone know if this is a growth anomaly or is it completely natural? Or is it some sort of disease? Thank you :) Clarence Sim.

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