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- symmetry. Scleractinians secrete a stony exoskeleton in which the septa are inserted between the mesenteries in multiples of six. All modern scleractinian skeletons...
- dinoflagellates, with the latter linked to the rapid diversification of scleractinian corals through the establishment of symbiotic zooxant****ae within them...
- ← Scleractinian corals & calcified sponges...
- starfish, sea slugs, fish, turtles, and even other cnidarians. Many scleractinian corals—which form the structural foundation for coral reefs—possess...
- 13 °C (55 °F) in winter and 38 °C (100 °F) in summer. 37 species of scleractinian corals inhabit such an environment around Larak Island. Deep-water coral...
- of coral. There are two main classifications for corals: hard coral (scleractinian and stony coral) which form reefs by a calcium carbonate base, with...
- expanded during the Late Jur****ic, including both sponge reefs and scleractinian coral reefs. Late Jur****ic reefs were similar in form to modern reefs...
- skeletons of calcite and have a different symmetry from that of the scleractinian corals, whose skeletons are aragonite. However, there are some unusual...
- Calcite-recrystallized fossil s**** of Busycon sp. from Indrio Pit Recrystallized scleractinian coral (aragonite to calcite) from the Jur****ic of southern Israel...
- epibionts, including certain hederelloids as aforementioned. Photosymbiotic scleractinians made their first appearance during the Middle Silurian. Reef abundance...