Acropora coral synchronized sprawling
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Acropora coral synchronized sprawling
Full moon nights in summer are very special for corals. At 10 p.m., when water is around 24°C (75°F), Acropora digitifera corals in Okinawa start to release their eggs and sperm, known as gametes, exactly at the same time in a process called synchronized spawning.
(The coral in the photo is Acropora. )
Date:
09 December 2015
Credit:
Yuna Zayasu
Copyright OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 沖縄科学技術大学院大学). Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).
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