Mid-Devonian Coral Reef Fossils Provide Early Evidence of Photosymbiosis

Mid-Devonian Coral Reef Fossils Provide Early Evidence of Photosymbiosis

The symbiotic relationship between corals and their photosynthetic algal partners (photosymbionts) goes back at least to the Devonian (385 million years ago), according to new research.

The dendroid rugosa coral Dendrostella trigemme and fragments of the tabulate coral Roemerolites brevis rhiphaeus. Image credit: Jung et al., doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08101-9.

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