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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
Vegetative reproduction
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Asexual reproduction, such as budding or fragmentation, and therefore does not involve a recombination of genetic material.
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Gases that can be dissociated by solar radiation, which release chlorine, which in turn destroys ozone.
Unavailable name
Natural environment; Coral reefs
In taxonomy, a name which does not meet all mandatory provisions of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and thus has no status in nomenclature. Unavailable names include: nomen oblitum, ...
Palus
Natural environment; Coral reefs
One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals; vertical radially arranged plates forming one or more cycles between the septa ...
Geminate species
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A little differentiated species evolved from a close common ancestor; a "twin" species. For example, pairs on either side of the Isthmus of Panama who are each other's closest relative and were ...
Anthocaulus
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A polyp that develops asexually on the skeletons of some coral species.
Opportunistic feeder
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A species adapted for utilising variable, unpredictable or transient environments to obtain food.
