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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
Microevolution
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Relatively minor change in the composition of a species' gene pool over time.
Hemolymph
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The circulating and tissue-bathing fluid of the arthropod open circulatory system. It is composed of cells and plasma and often loosely termed as blood.
Mesoderm
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The middle of the three germ layers of a triploblastic embryo that gives rise to the skeletal and support, muscular, blood vascular, urogenital and reproductive systems, and contributions to some ...
Genome size
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The size of a genome (all the genetic material in the chromosomes of a particular organism) is generally given as its total number of base pairs.
Syconoid
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A body form of medium complexity in sponges where the body wall has become folded and the choanocytes (flagellated collar cells) are not located along the spongocoel, but along radial canals. Water ...
Morph
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A distinct genetic form or variant of a particular species. For example, a distinct colour phase of a species that exhibits more than one colour .
Photophore
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A light-producing organ, found especially in marine fishes and cephalopods. Photophores emit light from intrinsic structures, or derive light extrinsically from symbiotic luminescent bacteria.
