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291:Description
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1392:Coral sand
1315:Reef Check
1295:Green Fins
1010:Microatoll
950:Organ pipe
874:Hermatypic
753:2019-05-15
720:2012-11-28
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445:hurricanes
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332:corallites
272:Dendrogyra
227:(Species)
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1387:Coral rag
1310:Reef Ball
1080:Baa Atoll
437:bleaching
371:symbiotic
281:sea floor
193:Ehrenberg
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1541:11259780
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1125:Kiribati
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960:Sea pens
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202:Synonyms
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107:Cnidaria
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97:Animalia
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285:polyps
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