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Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of corallites from three distantly related coral genera: Balanophyllia, Porites, and Cyphastrea (top row). The bulk mature skeleton is always spherulitic (middle row), but the fine-scale morphology at the growth front varies widely across corals (bottom row).
