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What is a fan coral?
Fan corals are a group of soft corals in the order Gorgonacea. They are soft corals that form colonies that look like fans.
Why are corals different from other sea creatures?
Corals are not plants. They are the colonies of dead creatures called polyps. Their skeletons stack to make coral reefs.
What is An anthozoan that lives in colonies that secretes a hard outer skeleton.?
Anthozoans that live in colonies ans secrete hard outer skeleton are called corals . Corals are found in warm seas . They form coral reefs and coral islands .
What are the organisms that live in colonies of polyps and secrete an exoskeleton of calcium carbonate?
Corals are organisms that live in colonies of polyps and secrete an exoskeleton of calcium carbonate. These structures form the framework of coral reefs, providing habitat for a diverse array of marine life.
What looks more like plants than animals.?
Corals are in the animal class of Anthozoa's, and live in compact colonies in the ocean reefs. People often confuse corals with plants because of their appearance.
What is the difference between soft coral and stony coral?
Stony corals are made out of calcium carbonate, usually don't have pores and are in anthrozoan (stationary) colonies, soft corals are porous, "fleshy", and flexible.
Is a coral reef living and dead?
Contrary to popular beleif, corals are animals. What you classically think of as corals are colonies of tiny organisms. These make up a coral. Many, many corals plus fish, crustaceans, echidnoderms and algae, make up a coral reef.
Colony of corals?
A colony of corals is a collection of individual coral polyps living together. Each polyp within the colony is interconnected and works together to collectively form a larger coral structure. This cooperative behavior allows corals to build intricate and diverse reef ecosystems.
How many animals live in coral?
Coral is the animal, coral is a living creature. Certain corals are made up of colonies of corals. For example, a plating coral (Montipora Cap.) can have hundreds or thousand of small animals living in one piece of coral.
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.
Are corals plants or fish?
Corals are plants.
Are corals decomposers?
Corals are not decomposers. They are consumers.
