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PNG 1324 Close-up detail of the spicules of a Dendronepthya sp. soft coral, Papua New Guinea. The spicules -- the white-ish objects visible above -- are sort of like the skeleton of the otherwise soft coral, and species identification is often only possible from a microscopic examination of their shape.
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