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Zooxanthellae are a type of dinoflagellate that live in the "skin" of hard coral. It's a symbiotic relationship where the zooxanthellae are photosynthetic and produce nutrients for the host coral.
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How do dinoflagellates live?
Dinoflagellates live in the top 200 feet of the ocean.
How do dinoflagellates live and where?
Well dinoflagellates live in either salt water or many live in fresh water like in lakes or ponds.
Why soft corals live in deeper water than hard corals?
soft corals live deeper water than hard corals because soft corals do not create a hard outer skeleton as the hard corals do.
Does corals eat zooxanthellae?
No corals doesn't eat zooxanthellae they only eat zooplankton. Zooxanthallae helps corals to live and keeps corals colourful.They live on the coral polyps.
What are dinoflagellates better known as?
Dinoflagellates are microorganisms that usually live in marine water. However there are some that live in fresh water. Another name for a dinoflagellate is a protist.
True or False Zooxanthallae live in the tissues of corals?
True. Zooxanthellae are a type of dinoflagellate that often live symbiotically in corals. Zooxanthellae are photosynthetic and provide the corals they live in with energy.
Corals are animals that live?
they are an animal and they do live on the seas
Where do eels live?
Eels live in holes and crevices in the corals.
Do crabs live on the Ocean floor?
Absolutely, there are many hundreds of different species of crabs that live on coral reefs. Many of them have close associations with the corals, such as the Acropora crabs, which live in between the branches of Acropora corals, and eat the slime that the corals produce.
Does an angelfish live in a coral reef?
Yes, Angelfish live in the corals.
Does coral live in saltwater?
Yes, corals live exclusively in saltwater.
What animals live on the coral reef?
corals, anemones
