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Coral is actually a living thing, not a rock. Coral is not a rock at all. It is the skeletons created by anthozoans. These are a live organism. A rocklike deposit consisting of the calcareous skeletons secreted by various anthozoans. Coral deposits often accumulate to form reefs or islands in warm seas.
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What rock is a small sea animals shell and are pressed in to this kind of rock?
corals.
What rock is made of shells and corals cemented together?
A sedimentary rock called coquina.
What kind of coral is found in the Great Barrier Reef?
sea pens, blue corals, soft corals and sea fans.
What is made out of shells and corals cemented together?
A sedimentary rock called coquina.
Which kind of sedimentary rock is formed by cemented shells of marine organisms?
Limestone is a sedimentary rock formed by cemented shells of marine organisms such as corals and shellfish. The accumulation of these shells, along with other calcium carbonate materials, over time creates limestone rock.
What kind of soil does coral need to grow?
The coral reefs are mostly able to grow in clay like material that keeps the coral stable. They just need sand for certain corals and other grow on solid rock surfaces. It just depends if the coral is a Small polyp stoney corals or a large polyp stony or some other kind of soft coral.
What builds on top of dead corals shells when a corals dies?
Any kind of material in the water, whether it's sand, debris, whatever.
What is a rock made of shells and corals cemented together?
Sedimentary rock is made from ancient coral reefs buried by sediments.
Bioherms are made of what?
Bioherms are carbonate rock formations, in the form of an ancient reef or hummock, consisting of the fossilized remains of corals, algae, mollusks, and other sedentary marine life, and commonly surrounded by rock of a different lithology.
Do flatworms live on rocks?
most the time they live on live rock but they are usually found on corals as well.
Which kind sedimentary rock may be formed both chemically and organically?
Limestone is an example of a sedimentary rock that can be formed through both chemical and organic processes. It can be formed chemically by the precipitation of calcium carbonate from water, or organically through the accumulation of marine organisms like corals and shellfish.
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.
