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SUBMITTER: Okubo N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4770532 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMC evolutionary biology 20160229
<h4>Background</h4>Research into various aspects of coral biology has greatly increased in recent years due to anthropogenic threats to coral health including pollution, ocean warming and acidification. However, knowledge of coral early development has lagged. The present paper describes the embryonic development of two previously uncharacterized robust corals, Favia lizardensis (a massive brain coral) and Ctenactis echinata (a solitary coral) and compares it to that of the previously characteri ...[more]