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Clownfish swims near large pink anemones on coral reef. Marine life in blue ocean water. Small fish shelters among tentacles. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Detail of the polyps of a hard coral, Goniopora sp., growing on a reef in Indonesia. Most hard corals have a symbiosis with Symbiodinium, a photosynthetic algae.