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Anomastraea

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Anomastraea irregularis, the crisp pillow coral, is a species of corals in the monotypic genus Anomastraea, in the family Coscinaraeidae. [1]

24 relations: Algae, Animal, Anthozoa, Bacteria, Chagos Archipelago, Cnidaria, Coral, Corallite, Coscinaraeidae, Crown-of-thorns starfish, Global warming, Humphead wrasse, Invasive species, Larva, Madagascar, Monotypic taxon, Persian Gulf, Photosynthesis, Phytoplankton, Pollution, Polyp, Scleractinia, Zooplankton, Zooxanthellae.

Algae

Algae (singular alga) is an informal term for a large, diverse group of photosynthetic organisms that are not necessarily closely related, and is thus polyphyletic.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Anthozoa

Anthozoa is a class of marine invertebrates which includes the sea anemones, stony corals, soft corals and gorgonians.

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Bacteria

Bacteria (common noun bacteria, singular bacterium) is a type of biological cell.

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Chagos Archipelago

The Chagos Archipelago or Chagos Islands (formerly the Bassas de Chagas, and later the Oil Islands) are a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 individual tropical islands in the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometres (310 mi) south of the Maldives archipelago.

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Cnidaria

Cnidaria is a phylum containing over 10,000 species of animals found exclusively in aquatic (freshwater and marine) environments: they are predominantly marine species.

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Coral

Corals are marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria.

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Corallite

A corallite is the skeletal cup, formed by an individual stony coral polyp, in which the polyp sits and into which it can retract.

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Coscinaraeidae

The Coscinaraeidae are a family of stony corals found in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Crown-of-thorns starfish

The crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci, is a large, multiple-armed starfish that usually preys upon hard, or stony, coral polyps (Scleractinia).

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Global warming

Global warming, also referred to as climate change, is the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.

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Humphead wrasse

The humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) is a species of wrasse mainly found on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Invasive species

An invasive species is a species that is not native to a specific location (an introduced species), and that has a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage to the environment, human economy or human health.

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Larva

A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.

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Madagascar

Madagascar (Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Repoblikan'i Madagasikara; République de Madagascar), and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of East Africa.

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Monotypic taxon

In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.

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Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf (lit), (الخليج الفارسي) is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia.

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Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that can later be released to fuel the organisms' activities (energy transformation).

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Phytoplankton

Phytoplankton are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of oceans, seas and freshwater basin ecosystems.

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Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change.

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Polyp

A polyp in zoology is one of two forms found in the phylum Cnidaria, the other being the medusa.

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Scleractinia

Scleractinia, also called stony corals or hard corals, are marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria that build themselves a hard skeleton.

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Zooplankton

Zooplankton are heterotrophic (sometimes detritivorous) plankton.

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Zooxanthellae

Zooxanthellae are single-celled dinoflagellates that are able to live in symbiosis with marine invertebrates such as corals, jellyfish, and sea anemones.

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Anomastraea irregularis, Crisp Pillow Coral, Crisp pillow coral.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomastraea

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