Corlas can be considered omnivorous. They essentially grab anything that they can filter out of the water, which includes algae and microscopic creatures.
Scientists have seen bleached corals on the reefs.
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.
All corals are in the phylum Cnidaria.
Yes, corals are invertebrates, they do not have a spine, central nervous system, head, or internal skeleton which are characteristics of vertebrates.More information:Corals belong to the phlyum Cnidaria, which are invertebrates that include the corals, sea anemones, and jellyfish.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Gorgonia spp.
Corals are both producers (they have symbiotic plants living in them) and consumers (herbivores/carnivores) as they filter feed on plankton.
Yes, sea fans are considered carnivores. These soft corals primarily feed on tiny plankton and other small marine organisms, which they capture with their specialized polyps. They extend their polyps to filter feed on these nutrients from the water, making them reliant on the availability of prey in their environment.
soft corals live deeper water than hard corals because soft corals do not create a hard outer skeleton as the hard corals do.
Corals are not decomposers. They are consumers.
Corals are plants.
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.
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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.