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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
Vascular plant
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Any plant containing a system of vessels which transport water and nutrients between different parts of the plant (e.g., from the roots to the leaves) .
Aesthete
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A light sensitive organ in a minute vertical canal in the upper layer of the shell plate of a chiton.
Cuticle
Natural environment; Coral reefs
An extracellular, protective external body covering, secreted by the epidermis, of some invertebrate animals, usually composed of fibrous material, such as chitin or collagen; the waxy layer of ...
Crocodilefish
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Anyof about 60 species of bony fishes in the family Platycephalidae.. Crocodilefishes have distinct pits immediately behind the eyes and a concave head margin.Their eyes have iris lappets which help ...
Coastal flooding
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Flooding that occurs from storms where water is driven onto land from an adjacent body of water.
Infraspecific name
Natural environment; Coral reefs
In taxonomy, a general term for any name below the rank of species. The term includes subspecific and infrasubspecific names.
Byssal thread
Natural environment; Coral reefs
One of many thin, hairlike filaments secreted by certain mollusks for attachment to a substrate.
