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Preferred term

corals

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Definition

  • [Henderson's] n.plu. colonial cnidarians composed of individual polyps connected by living tissue. Some forms secrete a stony matrix binding the colony together and some build extensive reefs. see soft corals, stony corals.

Broader concept

Note

  • [controlled by ] Mark Frenzel, 22 May 2013

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_128

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