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St. Brandon has more than 200 km2 of reef habitat and possesses possibly one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth holding over 25% of known marine species when these cover less than 1% of the sea floor. In the West, there is a coral bank and a fringing reef, dominated by staghorn
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