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Coral is a marine invertebrate that lives in colonies in the ocean. Coral is both sexual and asexual and many coral colonies reproduce through budding.
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What fish eats coral?
Actually many different types of fish eat coral. Butterflies, angelfish, filefish, and parrotfish are some of the more common coral eaters.
Is coral a living thing?
Coral reefs have a non-living component, in the form of a calcium carbonate skeleton, and a living component in the form of small animals called polyps, who secreted the skeleton. However, if the polyps die, you still have coral left over, so coral can be either living or dead.
What do coral fish eat?
coral
How do you know that coral are under stress in their habitats?
You would know if coral is under physical stress if it is bleached. Coral bleaching occurs when the coral polyps (the miniscule animals that coral is made of) expel their algal cells, and the coral looks white. If the coral stays bleached for too long, then it can die.
What does brain coral use for defense?
Brain coral does not have a defense, therefore they are helpless to the destruction of coral reefs.
Can coral reproduce sexually?
Yes it can. Coral can also reproduce asexually too
Where do brain coral LIVE?
Brain coral live mostly in the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Red Sea. These coral reproduce asexually, which means that they do not need and egg and sperm to reproduce.
What structures do coral colonies produce?
Coral Reefs
What do coral colonies produce?
Many have photosynthesizing algae within their tissue that produce oxygen. Dead coral also produces the foundation on which future generations of coral will live.
How many animals live in coral?
Coral is the animal, coral is a living creature. Certain corals are made up of colonies of corals. For example, a plating coral (Montipora Cap.) can have hundreds or thousand of small animals living in one piece of coral.
How does Marlin and Coral off finding nemo reproduce?
External
How could a dead coral reef reproduce?
It can't. But it might attract spawning coral from other reefs to settle on it.
How do animals reproduce by fragmentation?
Animals like sponges and coral colonies naturally fragment and reproduce. Many species of annelids and flat worms reproduce by this method. The animal splits and the two parts remake lost organs and tissues. The splitting is not preceded by the development of the tissues to be lost. Prior to splitting, the animal may develop furrows at the zone of splitting. The headless fragment has to regenerate a complete head.
How do coral snakes reproduce?
by laying 2-3 eggs in the summer
What type of reproduction does a coral have?
Corals reproduce both sexually and asexually.
What is Black Coral?
Coral are small animals that build colonies in warm tropical waters. The coral reef is the ecoskelton of the animal. Black coral is just one color of coral ecoskelton.
What polyps live together in colonies?
The most famous polyp colonies are called, "Coral".
