The undersurface of a large Acropora table (Acropora sp.). Built by thousands of polyps growing in a highly coordinated manner, these colonies are the masterpieces of coral architecture Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean [size of organism: 1,5 m]

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