There is the Great Barrier Reef, the Phuket Sky Dive Reef and the Breaker Reef. There is the Bucco Reef in Tobago.
Here are some of the names of some types of corals purple squirter, fringing reefs, barrier reefs, atoll reefs. If you like coral reefs, check out our website destructionofcoralreefs.weebly.com What is happening to our corals? Find out!
Some corals are able to reproduce asexually. The corals that produce sexually release eggs and sperm, which meet in the water and fertilize themselves.
Discosoma mushrooms, zoa and palythoa polyps, colt corals, Kenya tree, all kinds of leather corals and star polyps.
Most corals have attach themselves to underwater objects and remain there for life. Some corals possess toxins that make them unappetizing to underwater creatures.
Discosoma mushrooms, zoa and palythoa polyps, colt corals, Kenya tree, all kinds of leather corals and star polyps.
John West Wells has written: 'Eocene corals from Eua, Tonga' -- subject(s): Fossil Corals, Fossil Fishes, Fossil Otoliths, Paleontology 'Some fossil corals from the West Indies' -- subject(s): Fossil Corals, Paleontology 'Fossil corals from Eniwetok Atoll' -- subject(s): Fossil Corals, Paleontology 'Recent corals of the Marshall Islands' -- subject(s): Corals
Reef life is very diverse. Depending on geographic location of reef you could find several hundred types of fish. Some fish feed off the corals, some the inverts that swell on the corals, some off the fish that feed off the corals or inverts and so on and so forth. Probably close to 90% of the saltwater fish you see in a petstore came from a reef envoirment, though not all are reccomended for home aquariums with corals, because some do feed on the corals.
They are called staghorn because some species grow long and branch out much like a staghorn.
soft corals live deeper water than hard corals because soft corals do not create a hard outer skeleton as the hard corals do.
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Yes, soft corals can be food for certain organisms such as certain shrimp, snails, and nudibranchs. Some fish species may also feed on soft corals as part of their diet.
Corals are not decomposers. They are consumers.