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Science 3 October 1969:
Vol. 166. no. 3901, pp. 119 - 121
DOI: 10.1126/science.166.3901.119
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Reef Coral from Aldabra: New Mode of Reproduction

B. R. Rosen 1 and J. D. Taylor 2

1 School of Physics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
2 Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History), London, England

A unique mode of asexual reproduction in recently collected specimens of Goniopora (Scleractinia) is reported. Skeleton is absent from new polyps; the skelton develops independently of the parent colony as the new polyps themselves increase. The young colonies eventually become detached. The cycle seems to be a response to a sandy habitat, a conclusion reached by analogy With Fungia and Manicina.


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