coral is actually little tinny animals clumped together to make one. Coral reef barriers are usually found in warm water around the tropics.
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals
sea pens, blue corals, soft corals and sea fans.
The corals in the reef
A colony of coral is actually many individual pieces of corals living together.
corals, anemones
seaweed,reef-building corals, and blue-green algae
no. a coral reef is a colony of many smaller coral polyps. corals are their own type of animal, not sponges.
A coral reef is a colony of corals. A coral reef can be formed on rock rubble, but old established coral reefs are actually structured out of dead coral. This is one of the reasons it takes so long for a reef to form. Some corals may life for tens or even hundreds of years before they die and allow another coral to grow on top of their skeleton. There are many types of coral reefs, but the real difference is that coral is what makes up a coral reef.
By breaking off and making new corals.
Contrary to popular beleif, corals are animals. What you classically think of as corals are colonies of tiny organisms. These make up a coral. Many, many corals plus fish, crustaceans, echidnoderms and algae, make up a coral reef.
seaweed,reef-building corals, and blue-green algae