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 * The west coast seabream and the sand steenbras (pictured) start their adult lives as males and later change sex.


 * Sea fans such as Leptogorgia sarmentosa and Eunicella singularis are sometimes overgrown by false coral.


 * The Islamic prophet Muhammad, while in Mecca, was a merchant involved in trade between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.