- Label
- The Genesis of Deep-Sea Corals
- Artist
- Laura Anthony
- Description
- This image shows a histological section of sperm packets in a deep-sea coral polyp. Deep-sea corals form important and complex ecosystems on the seafloor, yet many people don’t know they exist. While this coral contains thousands of the dark purple sperm cells, only a few sperm cells, if any, will manage to successfully find an egg cell in the wide deep ocean and survive to adulthood.
- Type
- Microscope
- Artist Affiliation
- Graduate Student
- Department
- Department of Biological Science
- Area of Research
- Ecophysiology, Ecology and Evolution
- Research Group Site
- Brooke Lab
- Date
- 2022