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The Coral That Grows Like a Tent With No Poles: Paragorgia quitinosa and the Molecule That Built It
A new bubblegum coral named from a Nazca Ridge seamount solves a century-old puzzle: how do corals with no skeleton grow so large? The secret is chitin — the same molecule in crab shells — woven through the colony like stitching in a pole-less tent.
15 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
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