Alcyonacea
The Alcyonacea, or soft corals, are an order of corals which do not produce calcium carbonate skeletons. Soft corals contain minute, spiny skeletal elements called sclerites, useful in species identification. Sclerites give these corals some degree of support and give their flesh a spiky, grainy texture that deters predators. In the past soft corals were thought to be unable to lay new foundations for future corals, but recent findings suggest that colonies of the leather-coral genus Sinularia are able to cement sclerites and consolidate them at their base into alcyonarian spiculite, thus making them reef builders.
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Alcyonacea
The Alcyonacea, or soft corals, are an order of corals which do not produce calcium carbonate skeletons. Soft corals contain minute, spiny skeletal elements called sclerites, useful in species identification. Sclerites give these corals some degree of support and give their flesh a spiky, grainy texture that deters predators. In the past soft corals were thought to be unable to lay new foundations for future corals, but recent findings suggest that colonies of the leather-coral genus Sinularia are able to cement sclerites and consolidate them at their base into alcyonarian spiculite, thus making them reef builders.
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Alcyonacea (лат.) — отряд кор ...... дставлен хитиновой перидермой.
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Alcyonacea es un orden de cora ...... que generan llamada gorgonina.
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Alcyonacea ou Gorgonacea, popu ...... ueleto de carbonato de cálcio.
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AlcyonaceaFichier:Soft coral3. ...... ADW, placent dans Gorgonacea.
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Die Weichkorallen (Alcyonacea) ...... vielen Einzelpolypen bestehen.
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Gli Alcionacei (Alcyonacea Lam ...... dell'asse divisa in comparti.
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The Alcyonacea, or soft corals ...... lly common red mushroom coral.
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Zachte koralen (Alcyonacea) zi ...... e massa worden teruggetrokken.
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ウミトサカ目 (Alcyonacea) は、花虫綱の目 (分 ...... 浄で混濁しない環境に生息する。水深20 m以深の岩礁に多い。
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軟珊瑚(学名:Alcyonacea),非造礁珊瑚,不会产生碳 ...... 统的组成部分,为鱼、螺、藻类和其他多种海洋物种的提供栖息地。
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Gorgonacea
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Lamouroux, 1812
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Protoalcyonaria
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Alcyonacea (лат.) — отряд кор ...... дставлен хитиновой перидермой.
@ru
Alcyonacea es un orden de cora ...... que generan llamada gorgonina.
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Alcyonacea ou Gorgonacea, popu ...... ueleto de carbonato de cálcio.
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AlcyonaceaFichier:Soft coral3. ...... lumière pour leur croissance.
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Die Weichkorallen (Alcyonacea) ...... vielen Einzelpolypen bestehen.
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Gli Alcionacei (Alcyonacea Lam ...... dell'asse divisa in comparti.
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The Alcyonacea, or soft corals ...... hus making them reef builders.
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Zachte koralen (Alcyonacea) zi ...... e massa worden teruggetrokken.
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ウミトサカ目 (Alcyonacea) は、花虫綱の目 (分 ...... 浄で混濁しない環境に生息する。水深20 m以深の岩礁に多い。
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軟珊瑚(学名:Alcyonacea),非造礁珊瑚,不会产生碳 ...... 统的组成部分,为鱼、螺、藻类和其他多种海洋物种的提供栖息地。
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Alcyonacea
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Alcyonacea
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Alcyonacea
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Alcyonacea
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Alcyonacea
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Alcyonacea
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Weichkorallen
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Zachte koralen
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ウミトサカ目
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軟珊瑚
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Soft coral
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