White band disease on coral fragment (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

White band disease on coral fragment

Caption

Caribbean staghorn coral show signs of white band disease. The disease first appears as white bands on live corals, and the infected tissue sloughs off, leaving only the coral's skeleton.

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Dagny Anastassiou/CCMI

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