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The difference is in the name; soft corals have a soft body, with no bony or hard parts. In contrast, hard corals have a hard endoskeleton made of calcium carbonate.
The difference is in the name; soft corals are soft have body ; with no bony or hard Parts
Eaten by the barracuda
soft corals live deeper water than hard corals because soft corals do not create a hard outer skeleton as the hard corals do.
the body plan
Corals are plants.
Corals are not decomposers. They are consumers.
Hermatypic corals contain zooxanthellae (a symbiotic algae), whereas ahermatypic corals do not. It is like saying that hermatypic corals are photosynthetic, where ahermatypic corals are non photosynthetic.
No, corals are not edible.
Yes, corals are composed of an exoskeleton
dynamite fishing and muro ami can destroy corals so if there are less corals, less corals will be produced.