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Black Band Disease was one of the first coral diseases identified backin the 1970s, and is still one of the most prevalent diseases on reefsworldwide. The disease forms a black band of microorganisms that progressesacross the coral surface leaving dead white skeleton behind, like that on thisbrain coral (Diploria strigosa).
Credit
Twilight Zone Expedition Team 2007, NOAA-OE
Display Date
2007 May 21
Location
Caribbean Sea, Cayman Islands
Collection
Coral Kingdom
Keywords
Coral Reefs