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Corals
When does coral eat?
Corals typically feed at night, when there is no light to feed the symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) that live inside their tissues, and plankton is mor...
What is hard and soft coral?
Hard corals are the primary reef-building corals. ... Hard corals that form reefs are called hermatypic corals. Soft coral, also known as Alcyonacea a...
What is lophelia?
What is the Greek term for lophelia?What is the common name of Lophelia pertusa?Why is it that Lophelia corals do not consume phytoplankton algae?Wha...
What do corral eat?
Corals get their food from algae living in their tissues or by capturing and digesting prey. Most reef-building corals have a unique partnership with ...
Are soft polyps and hard polyps the same?
Hard corals have an outer skeleton made of limestone, also known as calcium carbonate (CaCO3), and soft corals have bits of calcium carbonate embedded...
What is the animal group for violet sea fan?
Gorgonia ventalina, the purple sea fan, is a species of sea fan, an octocoral in the family Gorgoniidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and...