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yup...some of the most primitive animals still alive today are crynoids, which mainly inhabit coral colonies...stoney corals have a calcium skeleton which grows in small increments (mm's per year)...unfortunaley,, the majority of stoney corals are undergoing a rapid extinction, exibiting bleaching (where the live animal dies leaving only the white skeleton behind...many scientists contribute pollution pesticide runoff and global warming...soft coral do not have a calcium skeleton and are mainly classified as polyps or mushroom corals...all corals (especially stoney corals) need nutrient poor clean water to thrive, as well as basically unchanging water temperatures.
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What is the spacific name for the corals kingdom?
Corals belong to the animal kingdom
Jellyfish and corals are which type of animal?
Cnidarian
Is sun coral a plant?
corals arent a plant; they are an animal, so i would think sun corals are not a plant.
Corals are animals that live?
they are an animal and they do live on the seas
Is coral an insect?
No, coral is an animal.
How do corals catch plankton?
no corals do not catch plankton even though they are an animal Actually, both hard and soft corals do catch plankton. A coral polyp (the individual coral animal) has a mouth surrounded by stinging tentacles. Hard corals stretch out their tentacles at night, when the plankton are drifting in the water. (Soft corals may catch plankton both at night and in the daytime.) The corals use their tentacles to sting the plankton and stuff it into their mouths.
Hydras and corals belong to what animal group?
they belong to cnidarians
What is coelentertrates?
An aquatic invertebrate animal of a phylum that includes jellyfish, corals, and sea anemones. xohazelxo
What looks more like plants than animals.?
Corals are in the animal class of Anthozoa's, and live in compact colonies in the ocean reefs. People often confuse corals with plants because of their appearance.
What animal has an invertibrated body?
Bugs, cnidarians (jellyfish, men-of-war, etc.), mollusks (animal that carry a protecting shell with it, like snails), and corals are considered invertebrates.
Why soft corals live in deeper water than hard corals?
soft corals live deeper water than hard corals because soft corals do not create a hard outer skeleton as the hard corals do.
Is a reef a sponge?
no. a coral reef is a colony of many smaller coral polyps. corals are their own type of animal, not sponges.
