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21Spawn (biology) — The spawn (eggs) of a clownfish. The black spots are the eyes developing. Spawn refers to the eggs and sperm released or deposited, usually into water, by aquatic animals. As a verb, spawn refers to the process of releasing the eggs and sperm,… …
22Scleractinia — Taxobox name = Stony Corals fossil range = fossil range|245.0|0TriassicVerify source|date=May 2008 to recent image width = 250px image caption = Brain Coral (Diploria labyrinthiformis) regnum = Animalia phylum = Cnidaria classis = Anthozoa ordo …
23coral — corallike, adj. /kawr euhl, kor /, n. 1. the hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps. 2. such skeletons collectively, forming reefs, islands, etc. 3. the solitary or colonial polyp that secretes this… …
24Coral — /kawr euhl, kor /, n. a female given name. * * * I Any of about 2,300 species of marine cnidarians in the class Anthozoa that are characterized by stonelike, horny, or leathery skeletons (external or internal). The skeletons of these animals are… …
25Devonian Period — Interval of geologic time from 417 to 354 million years ago; it was the fourth period of the Paleozoic Era. During the Devonian, a giant continent was situated in the Southern Hemisphere (see Gondwana), and other landmasses were located in the… …
26Open brain coral — Green open brain coral Scientific classification …
27Coral bleaching — Bleached branching Acropora sp. at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef, in 2005 …
28Anthozoa — Taxobox name = Anthozoa | image width = 250px image caption = Stony corals, Scleractinia regnum = Animalia phylum = Cnidaria classis = Anthozoa classis authority = Ehrenberg, 1831Anthozoa is a class within the phylum Cnidaria that contains the… …
29Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …
30Marine aquarium — See also: Reef aquarium A marine aquarium …
