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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
Roe
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; the egg mass or spawn of certain crustaceans, such as lobsters.
Cinclide
Natural environment; Coral reefs
One of many blister-like openings in the lower part of the body column of some anemones, through which the animal expels long, thread-like acontia.
Protein synthesis
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The creation of proteins from their constituent amino acids, in accordance with the genetic information carried in the DNA of the chromosomes.
Covalence
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The number of pairs of electrons an atom can share with other atoms.
Jugostegalia
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A basket-like structure formed midventrally by overlapping branchiostegals in some families of eels.
Nomen negatum
Natural environment; Coral reefs
In taxonomy, a denied name: an unavailable name which has incorrect original spellings as defined by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
Interradial canal
Natural environment; Coral reefs
One of four branched ciliated canals in scyphozoan medusae that originates from the gastric pouches and move materials from the ring canal back toward the stomach and gastric pouches.
