A new small sea creature was discovered during ... Parasphaerasclera mcfaddenae is a new species of soft coral that has a ...

These algae live in coral polyps, providing coral with its bright ... “Nothing was left but a few sea urchins and a bit of algae.” SHEBA® is determined to change that. Since 2008, as part ...

The ornately colored sea anemone (uh-NEM-uh-nee) is named after the equally flashy terrestrial anemone flower. A close relative of coral and jellyfish, anemones are stinging polyps that spend most ...

Each coral animal is called a polyp. Most corals live in large groups ... This creates a balanced ecosystem where many different sea creatures can live and survive.

2009 Pachyphyllum: Most rugose corals were solitary, but a few grew in colonies. 14. #1416, 62 & 1405, species of Favosites: These specimens show the structure of a tabulate colony. Notice the ...

We’ll explain everything you need to know, in a nutshell… Corals are tiny animals called a ‘polyps’, that typically live in large colonies. Similar to a sea anemone, a polyp has a squidgy body, with a ...

An individual coral is a polyp. It’s a very small and simple creature consisting mostly of a stomach topped by a mouth, a bit like a hungry toddler. Corals take a very long time to grow.

Shimmering fish of every color dart in and out of vibrant colonies of polyps ... we know as coral. Many beloved marine ...

the framework of the coral reef is filled with sediment and cemented with calcite and aragonite. If sea level changes, the reefs become exposed to corrosive rainwater that dissolves the unstable ...