Coral reefs

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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Pallial

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Of or pertaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks.

Parthenogenesis

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Reproduction without fertilization; the development of an unfertilized ovum, seed, or spore. It occurs naturally in several species and may also be induced artificially by chemical or mechanical ...

The collection of information about an object or event without being in physical contact with the object or event. Remote sensing is restricted to methods that record the electromagnetic radiation ...

Axocoel

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The most anterior of three coelomic spaces that appear during larval development of echinoderms.

Bit

Natural environment; Coral reefs

The smallest unit of information that a computer can store and process. A bit has two possible values, 0 or 1, which can be interpreted as yes/no, true/false, or on/off.

Compressed

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A body shape which is flattened laterally, bringing the right and left sides closer together, e.g., a butterfly fish or a flounder.

Ink sac

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A diverticulum of the rectum of most cephalopods, where an 'inky" melanin solution is stored. The ink is ejected from a duct opening at the base of the siphon. It serves to cloud the water, and ...