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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
archetype
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The plan or fundamental structure on which a group of organisms, or their systems of organs, are assumed to have been constructed; as, for example, the vertebrate archetype.
telson
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The terminal joint or movable piece at the end of the abdomen of crustaceans; middle piece of the tail fan.
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN)
Natural environment; Coral reefs
The judicial body empowered to enforce and interpret the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
leucocyte
Natural environment; Coral reefs
A cellular component of blood. Leucocytes help to defend the organism's body against infectious disease and foreign materials as part of the immune system; also called "white blood cell".
diagnostic characters
Natural environment; Coral reefs
In taxonomy, the characters, or most important characters, which distinguish a taxon from other similar or closely related taxa.
microbiota
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Organisms which are invisible, or nearly so, to the naked eye.
infrasonic
Natural environment; Coral reefs
Sound waves that have a frequency that is lower than what humans can hear (i.e. Below about 20 hertz). Some baleen whales and elephants produce infrasounds to communicate over long distances.
