Coral | |
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Pillar coral, Dendrogyra cylindricus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Cless: | Anthozoa Ehrenberg, 1831 |
Extant Subclasses and Orders | |
Octocorallia [1] |
Corals are marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa o phylum Cnidaria. Thay teepically live in compact colonies o mony identical individual polyps. The group includes the important reef biggers that inhabit tropical oceans an secrete calcium carbonate tae form a haurd skelet.