Acropora
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Acropora is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. Acropora species
Acropora pulchra
Close-up of a network of Acropora polyps
Acropora (Acroporidae) at French Frigate Shoals, northwestern Hawaiian Islands
A. tenuis cells of the IVB5 line and symbiosis with photosynthetic dinoflagellate Breviolum minutum (Suessiales) — in vitro: Symbiotic interactions of coral cells (b and c) and dinoflagellates (x and y). Coral cell b interacted with symbiont x, but did not incorporate it, whereas coral cell c endocytosed both x and y.
Scleractinia
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Scleractinia, also called stony corals or hard corals, are marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria that build themselves a hard skeleton. The individual animals are known as polyps and have a cylindrica
Acropora
…Acropora is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria. Some of its species are known as table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral. Over 149 species are described. Acropora…
Haeckel Hexacoralla
Diagram showing a coral polyp, its corallite, coenosarc and coenosteum
Diploria labyrinthiformis, a brain coral
Meandering corallite walls of an intratentacular budding coral