Coral reefs

Coral reefs

Coral reefs are structures formed from the calcium carbonate secretions of corals. They are colonies of tiny animals in marine areas containing few nutrients.

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Coral reefs

sucking disk

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A disk-like structure used by some fishes to attach itself to rocks or vegetation.

fluorescent pigment

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A pigment that absorbs light at one wavelength and emits it at a different wavelength. The emitted light usually has a lower energy than the light absorbed by the pigment.

A soft coral in the order Pennatulacea and subclass Alcyonaria. Sea pens are colonial octocorals which exhibits polyp dimorphism. One polyp grows very large, loses its tentacles and forms a central ...

polyphydont

Natural environment; Coral reefs

A type of dentition where the teeth are continuously replaced.

squamous epithelium

Natural environment; Coral reefs

An epithelium consisting of one or more cell layers, the most superficial of which is composed of flat, scalelike or platelike cells.

puffer

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Any species of marine bony fishes belonging to the families Tetraodontidae (puffers, blowfishes), or Diodontidae (burrfishes, porcupinefishes, spiny puffers). These fishes are able to inflate their ...