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Diadema sp. urchins feeding on algae growth on dead Porites lobata. Note contrast between dead coral and live colony on bottom right.

Image ID: reef0035, NOAA's Coral Kingdom Collection
Location: Between South Point and Kealakakua Bay, Hawaii
Photo Date: June 1967
Photographer: Dr. James P. McVey, NOAA Sea Grant Program


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