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Is a coral polyp basically coral?
No its animal to coral
Is coral a plant or a animal?
Coral is actually an animal. It's an animal belonging to polyp family and have a hard exoskeleton with a soft body.
What is coral polyp?
A coral polyp is a small, tubular invertebrate animal with a mouth surrounded by tentacles. It is the basic unit of a coral colony and is responsible for secreting calcium carbonate to form the hard coral skeleton that makes up coral reefs. Coral polyps have a mutualistic relationship with zooxanthellae algae that live within their tissues and provide them with energy through photosynthesis.
What is the difference between a coral colony and a coral animal?
Are called "sea anemones" every coral of the order Actiniaria.
Is star coral a polyp or a Medusa?
polyp! The star coral is attached and is faceup
What is coral formed from?
The active agent in coral formation is a small animal called a polyp. The coral you see is a protective shell (like clam's shell) the polyp makes from calcium carbonate which the polyp extracts from seawater. As each tiny polyp dies its calcium carbonate shell is covered over by succeeding generations of polyps and their calcium carbonate homes.
Describe the physical characteristics of a coral polyp?
A coral polyp is a tubular sack-like animal with a central mouth surrounded by a ring of tentacles. The end opposite the tentacles, called the base, is attached to the substrate.
Do coral reefs have back bones?
a coral reef is not one big animal, it is a bunch of small coral polyps growing on top of each other. the outer layer are the live polyps (coral is an animal) and they are on top of the dead coral skeletons. a coral polyp does not have a backbone because it is an invertebrate of cnidaria phylum. it has a skeleton made of calcium carbonate, or carbon and calcium. neither one coral polyp has a backbone and a coral reef does not have a backbone either.
How does a coral reef get its coral?
The hard coral polyp makes the coral
Is the coral polyp carnivorous?
no
What is the personality of a coral?
coral has no personality. it's just a polyp .
Where do polyp live?
Coral reef
