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***Phylum: Cnidaria
***Phylum: Cnidaria
***Class:Anthozoa
***Class:Anthozoa
**Stony Corals are also called Hard Corals
**Stony Corals are also called Hard Corals, they are the 'reef builders' of the coral ecosystem


*Evolutionary History
*Evolutionary History
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== References ==
== References ==


#Atoda, Dr. Kenji and Pandolfi, Dr. John M. “Scleractinia.” AccessScience. McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Web. 26 Feb. 2014. <ins>http://www.accessscience.com/content/scleractinia/607500</ins>
#Atoda, Dr. Kenji and Pandolfi, Dr. John M. “Scleractinia.” AccessScience. McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Web. 26 Feb. 2014.

Revision as of 14:57, 26 February 2014

Scleractinian/Stony Corals

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  • Introduction
    • Classification
      • Kingdom:Animalia
      • Phylum: Cnidaria
      • Class:Anthozoa
    • Stony Corals are also called Hard Corals, they are the 'reef builders' of the coral ecosystem
  • Evolutionary History
  • Characteristics
    • Skeleton
    • Colony Formation
  • Reproduction
    • Sexual
    • Asexual
      • Budding
      • Splitting
  • Environment


Class Photos from the US/British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean

References

  1. Atoda, Dr. Kenji and Pandolfi, Dr. John M. “Scleractinia.” AccessScience. McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Web. 26 Feb. 2014.
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