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Coral
Disease Identification and Information Disease Overview Dark spots disease is present as dark (brown or purple) pigmented areas of tissue on scleractinian corals. There is no known pathogen. The pigmented areas may or may not overly recessed areas of coral skeleton. The coral tissue remains intact, although at times lesions and coral tissue death are observed in the centers of the spots. (Gil-Agudelo and Garzon-Ferreira, 2001). This disease is widespread throughout the Caribbean.
Infected Colony
There is no known pathogen for dark spots disease, which is recognized by darkly pigmented patches on coral tissue. Tissue loss is minimal, if present.
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