Coral (invertebrates)
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2017-01-29
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Coral (invertebrates)
* Kingdom: Animalia,
* Phylum: Cnidaria,
* Class: Anthozoa,
* Type: Invertebrate,
* Diet: Carnivore,
* Average life span in the wild: Polyp, 2 years to hundreds of years; colony, 5 years to several centuries,
* Size: Polyp, 0.25 to 12 in (0.63 to 30.5 cm),
* Group name: Colony,
* Protection status: Endangered.
** Corals are marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria. They typically live in compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.
More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral
* Kingdom: Animalia,
* Phylum: Cnidaria,
* Class: Anthozoa,
* Type: Invertebrate,
* Diet: Carnivore,
* Average life span in the wild: Polyp, 2 years to hundreds of years; colony, 5 years to several centuries,
* Size: Polyp, 0.25 to 12 in (0.63 to 30.5 cm),
* Group name: Colony,
* Protection status: Endangered.
** Corals are marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria. They typically live in compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.
More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral
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