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stony coral::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | madrepore, madriporian coral |
| Type of | coral |
| Has types | mushroom coral, stag's-horn coral, staghorn coral, brain coral |
Examples of stony coral
stony coral
Approximately 100 stony coral species and two soft coral species are present.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This is more than any stony coral genus, including 130 species of staghorn corals, the most populous.
From the sciencedaily.com
The microbe, named Vibrio shiloi, was responsible for bleaching the stony coral Oculina patagonica in the Mediterranean Sea.
From the newscientist.com
Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, which in turn consist of polyps that cluster in groups.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Unlike most of the other islands of the Marshall Islands, Mejit is a stony island rather than a coral atoll, although it is surrounded by a fringing coral reef enclosing a narrow lagoon.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The hermatypic, stony corals are often found in coral reefs, large calcium carbonate structures generally found in shallow, tropical water.
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Near it, a dark-lipped rainbow parrotfish nibbles around a graceful orange-red sea fan that is anchored to a stony mound, the calcified skeletons of coral probably thousands of years old.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The coral and certain algae grab calcium carbonate out of the water and use it to build their stony skeletons.
From the npr.org
