The Great Barrier Reef is a coral reef.
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef.
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The Great Barrier reef is a natural World Heritage site.
The Great Barrier Reef is a marine biome, so the only grass that grows there is seagrass, which is not a true grass. There are 15 known species of seagrass in the Great Barrier Reef.
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Hard corals (Scleractinia) - reef-building corals that create calcium carbonate skeletons. Soft corals (Alcyonacea) - lack stony skeletons and have a flexible, fleshy appearance. Brain corals (Family: Mussidae) - named for their distinctive brain-like appearance. Staghorn corals (Genus: Acropora) - characterized by their branching, antler-like growth forms.
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The Great Barrier Reef is a popular tourist attraction in Australia, and attracts scuba divers from all over the world. The reef covers 86 acres and is nothing but clear blue water, and beautiful fish.
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The great barrier reef has no real soil however there is a lot of loose carbonate mud from the breakup of coral and other shell debris, and from the grazing of parrot fish and the like. Carbonate mud is like soil, just made up of calcite particles.
Lettuce Coral, brain coral, elkhorn coral, staghorn coral, star coral, fire coral, sea pen, scroll coral, golfball coral, mustard hill coral, rose coral, sea whips, maze coral, rigid cactus coral, orange cup coral.... and many more.
There are around 60 different types of seagrass in the Great Barrier Reef. But i will just name a few of them. There is Halophila Minor, Halophila Capricorni, Halophila Decipiens, Halophila Ovalis, Halophila Spinulosa, Cymodocea Rotuntada, Cymodocea Serrulata, Enhalus Acoroides, Halodule Pinfolia, Halodule Uninervis, Halophila Tricostate, Syringodium Isoetifolium, Thalassia Hemprichii, Thalassodendron Ciliatum and Zostera Capricorn
Little research has been done on sea snake populations in the Great Barrier Reef, but the following species have been observed:Olive sea snakeTurtle-headed sea snakeBanded sea snakeYellowbelly sea snakeBlue lipped sea kraitSpine tailed sea snake