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Corals have a symbiotic relationship with plant-like algae that grow inside them how do the algae benefit the corals?
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How does algae benefit the corals?
Many corals, specifically hermatypic corals, contain symbiotic algae that provide the coral with sugar from photosynthesis. Algae also feed zooplankton, which corals feed on. Basically, algae provide corals with food, indirectly.
Differences between hermatypic and ahermatypic corals?
Hermatypic corals contain zooxanthellae (a symbiotic algae), whereas ahermatypic corals do not. It is like saying that hermatypic corals are photosynthetic, where ahermatypic corals are non photosynthetic.
How and when do corals eat?
Corals actually don't eat anything . But it is the symbiotic algae which lives in it and produces food for it photosynthetically.
What are the dinoflagellates that live in corals?
Zooxanthellae are a type of dinoflagellate that live in the "skin" of hard coral. It's a symbiotic relationship where the zooxanthellae are photosynthetic and produce nutrients for the host coral.
Are corals carnivores?
No, corals are not carnivores. They are actually marine invertebrates that are classified as animals. They are actually classified as cnidarians, which are a type of invertebrate that can be carnivorous, but corals themselves obtain most of their energy through a symbiotic relationship with photosynthetic algae.
What is the symbiotic relationship of parasitic plants?
Symbiosis means long-term interactions between different biological species.The symbiotic relationship may be categorized as mutualistic, commensal, or parasitic in nature.Some symbiotic relationships are obligate, meaning that both species depend entirely on each other for survival.Others are facultative, meaning that they can but do not have to live with the other organism.Symbiotic relationships include those associations in which one organism lives on another (ectosymbiosis, such as mistletoe), or where one partner lives inside the other (endosymbiosis, such as lactobacilli and other bacteria in humans or zooxanthelles in corals).
Where does coral get its food?
Corals capture microscopic particles from plankton floating or swimming past their tentacles. Their nematocysts (organs on their tentacles that can release a whiplike thread sometimes tipped with poisonous spikes) hold and kill their prey. Some corals obtain most of their food by eating zooxanthellae, a type of algae with which the coral have a symbiotic relationship.
The reason corals do not grow at great depths in the ocean is?
Because their symbiotic algae are photosynthetic and require light and warmth from the sun.
Do you know the name of 2 symbiotic algae involved in coral formation?
The only one that I am aware of is zooxanthellae, but there may be several species found in corals.
Are sea coral producers decomposers or consumers?
Corals are both producers (they have symbiotic plants living in them) and consumers (herbivores/carnivores) as they filter feed on plankton.
Why are there several chloroplast in the plant cell with animals?
Animal cells do not contain chloroplasts. However certain corals do have bodies that house symbiotic plant (algal) cells.
What type of relationship benefits both organisms involved such as the relationship between single celled algae and reef building corals?
Mutualism
