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What is type of symbiotic relationship between coral and zooxanthellae?
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The symbiotic relationship that exists between coral polyps and zooxanthellae is called what?
Commensalism
What organisms have a symbiotic relationship with coral?
Coral polyps and Zooxanthellae. They have a symbiotic relationship with each other. The coral polyps provide a home for the Zooxanthellae (a type of algae) and the Zooxanthellae provide the polyp with food and gives the coral its recognizable color. Without the Zooxanthellae, coral bleeching occurs.
What are the dinoflagellates that live in corals?
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.
What is the relationship between the coral polyps and the algae that live in them?
Coral and algae (specifically the algae called zooxanthellae) have an intimate symbiotic relationship. The algae live inside the coral, and provide it with sugars and other photosynthesis byproducts. The coral provides the algae with nutrients for photosynthesis and a safe place to live and reproduce.
What is an example on aommensalism in the ocean?
one example are whales and barnacles, the barnacle benefits from the whale because it eats and gets protection, and the whale does not seem to be affected in any way.Commensalism is a symbiotic relationship where one party benefits and the other is not harmed. Examples of commensalism in the ocean are barnacles living on turtles, remoras feeding on a shark's food scraps and a crab that makes its home in an oyster's shell.
What coral animals have a symbiotic relationship?
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What is the symbiotic relationship between eel and coral?
The eel hides in the coral. The eel eats the animals trying to eat the coral, and gets food and protection from predators. This is called a mutual relationship.
Do you know the name of 2 symbiotic algae involved in coral formation?
The only one that I am aware of is zooxanthellae, but there may be several species found in corals.
Is coral a producer in the coral reef?
Zooxanthellae. They are tiny plants that make coral.
Where does coral get its food from?
Almost all coral are predatory, meaning that they capture prey from the water column; this prey is small zooplankton organisms. Some corals also contain a symbiotic algae, called zooxanthellae, that produces sugars and releases some of the sugar to the coral.
Where does coral get its food?
Corals capture microscopic particles from plankton floating or swimming past their tentacles. Their nematocysts (organs on their tentacles that can release a whiplike thread sometimes tipped with poisonous spikes) hold and kill their prey. Some corals obtain most of their food by eating zooxanthellae, a type of algae with which the coral have a symbiotic relationship.
What is a producer in the coral reef?
Zooxanthellae. They are tiny plants that make coral.
