Sclerites of the soft coral Ovabunda macrospiculata (Xeniidae) are predominantly the metastable CaCO3 polymorph vaterite
Jeana L. Drake, Yehuda Benayahu, Iryna Polishchuk, Boaz Pokroy, Iddo Pinkas, Tali Mass
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VateriteMaterials scienceMetastabilityCoralChemical engineeringNanotechnologyComposite materialCalcium carbonateOceanographyChemistryGeologyAragoniteOrganic chemistryEngineeringCalcium Carbonate Crystallization and InhibitionCoral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesCephalopods and Marine Biology