Fig. 8 in Monospecific rugosan assemblage from the Emsian hydrothermal vents of Morocco

Fig. 8. Reconstruction of presumed life strategy and trophic relation of Hamarophyllum belkai gen. et sp. nov. and ostracods. A. Coral feeding on ostracods. B.Ostracodspenetratinganemptycaliceofdeadcoral. C.Coral planulaedispersal,producedbyanothercoralsofthesamespecies,apartof planulae settling inside the empty calice of dead individual. D. Development of young, successful corals only inside the calice of dead individual.