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Description

Underwater image of live coral Montastraea annularis. Note polyp tissue (green) around the mouth and base of the tentacles and zooxanthellae or symbiodinium (red fluorescence from chlorophyll) in the tissue between polyps. Tentacles also are visible. Fluorescence microscopy. Honorable Mention, 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®.

Technical Details

Biological Sources

NCBI Organism Classification: Montastraea annularis; symbiodinium
Cell Type: polyps
Cellular Component: chlorophyll

Biological Context

Biological Process

Attribution

Names: James Nicholson
Link: 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Compet...
OTHER: 2011 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®; NOAA/NOS/NCCOS Center for Coastal Environmental Health & Biomolecular Research, Fort Johnson Marine Lab, Charleston, SC, USA

Citation

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi:10.7295/W9CIL41640
Archival Resource Key (ARK): ark:/b7295/w9cil41640

Imaging

Image Type: recorded image
Image Mode: confocal microscopy
Parameters Imaged: fluorescence emission
Source of Contrast: autofluorescence

Sample Preparation

Methods: living tissue
Relation To Intact Cell: whole mounted tissue

Dimensions

Spatial Axis	Image Size	Pixel Size
X	4072px	——
Y	2636px	——