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Aquatic Life > Invertebrates > Coral | |
Coral Coral is a huge volume of information all by itself. The photos here are intended only to show a few samples of the types of corals frequently seen in Manzanillo waters. Corals are tiny animals that form colonies of thousands and attach to hard surfaces. A fantastic number of animals and plants have associated with coral reefs creating beautiful and very complex ecosystems. Coral phylum also includes hydroids, jellyfish and anemones. Their anatomy is a simple cup-shaped body, with a single, central opening encircled by tentacles. This opening forms both the mouth and anus. Most attach themselves to a hard surface and are known as polyps. Within the tentacles is a stinging nematocysts which are used to capture prey and in the defense of the polyp. | |
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| Family: | Coral |
| Features: | There are algae, black corals, brain corals, branching and pillar corals, brown algae, cactus corals, cups and flower corals, encrusting, mound & boulder corals, finger corals, fire corals, fleshy corals, flowering plants, green algae, gorgonians, ivory corals, lace coral, leaf, sheet and plate corals, lettuce corals, marine plants, red algae, sea fans, sea grasses, sea plumes, sea rods, sea whips, soft coral, star corals, stony corals and telestaceans. |
| Size: | Ranges from very small to very large. |
| Cautions: | Fire corals stings can be very painful and take time to heal. |
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