Is coral an animal or a plant? My science book said that it was an animal, but I have always thought that it is a plant. — Jessica of Columbia, MO ... Corals look like plants, and they don't move around like a lot of animals, but they are animals. What we see as branches actually are whole colonies of coral animals.
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Students Coral, OceanWorld, Texas A&M University ... Coral is an animal that belongs to the phylum cnidaria. A phylum is a group that scientists place animals in which share certain characteristics. Cnidarians are radially symmetric, which means that they are the same all the way around, 360 degrees!
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Botany or Plant Biology question: Is coral reef a plant or an animal? animal. Coral is a microscopic marine animal that lives together in colonies for protection. The product we call coral is actually ... animal. Coral is a microscopic marine animal that lives together in colonies for protection. The product we call coral...
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The actual animal that makes up the physical coral is called a polyp . It is column shaped and attaches itself to the floor of the reef. The top end extends into the water and is free to move about. Thousands of individual polyps form a col...
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In fact coral is unique and is actually all three. The coral polyps are animals, and related to sea anemones and Jellyfish, which settle on hard surfaces like rocks. When they settle they secrete a stony cup exo-skeleton. The coral polyps l...
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In fact, the zooxanthellae are so vital they are often considered an organ of the polyp, without which the coral would grow more slowly and produce fragile skeletons. In a coral colony, there is usually about three times as much algal tissue as there is animal tissue.
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; Coral Reef Cover Page; A cover page for a coral reef animal information/coloring booklet. ... ; Coral; Coral is a tiny marine animal that often lives in colonies. Huge colonies of hard corals form coral reefs.
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View stunning pictures of coral reefs from The Nature Conservancy's gorgeous photography collection. Just click on any of the photo thumbnails that are displayed below to see a larger version with greater detail...
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