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  • 111Erythrina Corallodendron — Coral Cor al, n. [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium, fr. Gr. kora llion.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa. [1913 Webster] Note: The… …

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  • 112fringing reefs — Coral Cor al, n. [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium, fr. Gr. kora llion.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa. [1913 Webster] Note: The… …

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  • 113sea feathers — Coral Cor al, n. [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium, fr. Gr. kora llion.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa. [1913 Webster] Note: The… …

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  • 114Tortrix scytale — Coral Cor al, n. [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium, fr. Gr. kora llion.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa. [1913 Webster] Note: The… …

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  • 115Algae — For other uses, see Algae (disambiguation) and Alga (disambiguation). Algae Laurencia, a marine genus of Red Algae from Hawaii. Scientific classification …

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  • 116Marine biology — Only 29 percent of the world surface is land. The rest is ocean, home to the marine lifeforms. The oceans average four kilometers in depth and are fringed with coastlines that run for nearly 380,000 kilometres. Marine biology is the scientific… …

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  • 117Zooxanthella — Taxobox | color = greenyellow name =Symbiodinium image caption = domain = Eukaryota regnum = Chromalveolata superphylum = Alveolata phylum = Dinoflagellata divisio = classis = ordo = familia = genus = Symbiodinium species = binomial = binomial… …

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  • 118Coral Sea — For other uses, see Coral Sea (disambiguation). Coral Sea Basin countries Australia, New Caledonia (France), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands …

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  • 119Biological dispersal — This article is about biological dispersal in ecosystems. For other forms of dispersion, see Dispersion (disambiguation). Wind dispersal of dandelion seeds. Biological dispersal refers to species movement away from an existing population or away… …

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  • 120Reef safe — is a distinction used in the saltwater aquarium hobby to indicate that a fish or invertebrate is safe to add to a reef aquarium. There is no fish that is completely reef safe. Every fish that is commonly listed as reef safe are species that… …

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