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Coral reefs are aragonite structures produced by living organisms.

Coral is the animal, the coral reefs themselves are hard exoskeleton made of calcium carbonate by the coral. 3 major classifications are; Kingdom- Animalia, Phylum- Cnidaria, Class- Anthozoa (meaning flowering animal)

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