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Pre- (1) and post-metamorphosed (2) stony coral larvae, settled spat (3), and multi-polyp colony cross-section (4) showing the simple body plan and tissue structure containing stinging cells (blue) and endosymbiotic algae (green) in the oral cell layers, and the calcifying cells of the aboral epithelium adjacent to the newly formed skeleton.
