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Figure 2.
Eilat MCEs at 60 m depth. (a) A diver at work, aided by an underwater scooter and closed-circuit rebreather, exploring MCEs
from the shoreline, (b)
Mycedium
sp., (c) Frogfish,
Antennatus nummifer
, “hiding” in
Oxypora egyptensis
, (d)
Alveopora
spp., (e)
Euphyllia
paradivisa
, and (f)
Leptoseris
sp. and
Blastomussa merleti
(photos Gal Eyal).