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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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.

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 ...