They look like tiny bones.
Coral skeletons are extremely diverse, so it is impossible to answer this in general.
Yes. Organisms die and their skeletons collect to make coral.
When coral animals die their skeletons do indeed fall to the sea floor. This is the only place where they can go.
The correct term is "coral reef." Coral reefs are formed by the accumulation of calcium carbonate skeletons secreted by coral polyps over time.
they can b coral, or even skeletons from dead fish...that is how many coral reefs form also
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No.
called hermatypic coral.
This is how coral reefs are formed. Coral will take salt from the sea and utilize it to create limestone skeletons on underwater objects.
This is how coral reefs are formed. Coral will take salt from the sea and utilize it to create limestone skeletons on underwater objects.
Yes, coral reefs are made of the limestone skeletons of deceased corals - the living corals are on the surface of the reef.
Coral animals, known as polyps, extract calcium carbonate from ocean water and use it to build their hard exoskeletons. These exoskeletons form the structure of coral reefs as multiple polyps work together to create a complex network of interconnected skeletons. Over time, the accumulation of these skeletons contributes to the growth and formation of coral reefs.