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This site is part of Ocean World's home site and provides excellent links to other resources about coral reefs. This page has a beautiful photograph with quotations regarding the fragility of reefs and the need for their protection. There are currently many excellent books and articles about the biology and husbandry of soft corals as aquarium specimens. However, the literature on artificial propagation or culture of these animals, especially on a large scale, is scant or lacking. Soft corals are members of the order Alcyonacea. These corals can grow to over 2 feet across in the wild, and are found in a variety of colors. Soft corals are found mainly in tropical waters around the world in varying environments ranging from coral ree Although many people mistake corals and anemones as plants, they are actually animals. They are part of an ancient and simple group of animals known as cnidaria. Jellyfish are also a member of this group. These animals are characterized by a symmetrical b Do you want to watch coral grow? Yes, it's possible! This site provides several links to real-time data sites with data from coral reefs all over the world. The satellite images are amazing! Reef corals are one of the simplest multicellular life forms, but they provide some of the most distinctive and beautiful structures to be found in nature. By their growth and reproduction, corals form the building blocks of one of nature's most beautiful The Soft Coral Atlas of the Great Barrier Reef contains distribution maps, detailed ecological information and colour photographs of the 36 most common genera of soft corals and sea fans (Alcyonacea, Octocorallia) found on the Great Barrier Reef. Real Estate In Coral Gables Identification Tools Glossary of Morphologic Characters Taxa (Formal and Alphabetic Listings of Families and Genera) Dynamic Search Tool for Family Faviidae Dynamic Search Tool for Family Poritidae Dynamic Search Tool for Global Revision Coral reefs are found only in shallow, warm water. The water temperature is usually constant year round. The reef is made up of thousands of corals. When a coral dies, it leaves its skeleton of calcium carbonate behind. |
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