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Coral reefs
Coral reefs are structures formed from the calcium carbonate secretions of corals. They are colonies of tiny animals in marine areas containing few nutrients.
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Coral reefs
Virus
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A sub-microscopic, obligate intracellular parasite that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts; many are pathogenic; the structure of a virus is basically a strand of nucleic acid (DNA ...
Macroalgae
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Algae that project more than one centimetre above the substratum.
Cnida
Natural environment; Coral reefs
An organelle located in cnidocytes that is capable of eversion.
Oogamous
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Characterised by reproducing by the fusion of small motile male gametes and large nonmotile female gametes.
Intermediate host
Natural environment; Coral reefs
In a parasite's life cycle, it is a host organism in which a parasite undergoes a stage of asexual development.
Gibbosity
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Swelling or protuberance; a convex hump; something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
