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Madrepore
Madrepora (Spanish, "mother of pores") is a genus of stony corals, often found forming reefs or islands in tropical locations. The names Madrepore and Madreporaria were formerly applied universally to any stony coral of the family Scleractinia. They reproduce in three separate ways, as discovered by the marine zoologist Anne Thynne (1800–1866). It is commonly known as horn coral. A colony is branched with small polyps in cylindrical cups separated by a perforated coenosteum. Terminal polyps bear six tentacles, while lateral polyps bear twelve tentacles. Madrepora is economically important, since it contributes to the formation of coral reefs. Species Species include: * '' Madrepora arbuscula'' (Moseley, 1881) * '' Madrepora astroites'' Forskål, 1775 * '' Madrepora carolina'' (Pourtalès, 1871) * '' Madrepora minutiseptum'' Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 * '' Madrepora oculata'' Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrepora Oculata
''Madrepora oculata'', also called zigzag coral, is a Scleractinia, stony coral that is found worldwide outside of the polar regions, growing in deep water coral, deep water at depths of 80–1500 meters. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. It is one of only 12 species of coral that are found worldwide, including in Subantarctic oceans. In some areas, such as in the Mediterranean Sea and the North-east Atlantic Ocean, it dominates communities of coral. Description The species is quite variable in its tendency to branch, its texture and color and other aspects, even within specimens in the same coral colony. It is bushy, growing in small colonies that form thickets, creating matrices that are fan-shaped and about 30 to 50 cm high. It has thick skeletal parts that grow in a Lamella (zoology), lamellar pattern. . As its skeleton is fragile and unable to sustain a large framework, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrepora Astroites
Madrepora (Spanish, "mother of pores") is a genus of stony corals, often found forming reefs or islands in tropical locations. The names Madrepore and Madreporaria were formerly applied universally to any stony coral of the family Scleractinia. They reproduce in three separate ways, as discovered by the marine zoologist Anne Thynne (1800–1866). It is commonly known as horn coral. A colony is branched with small polyps in cylindrical cups separated by a perforated coenosteum. Terminal polyps bear six tentacles, while lateral polyps bear twelve tentacles. Madrepora is economically important, since it contributes to the formation of coral reefs. Species Species include: * '' Madrepora arbuscula'' (Moseley, 1881) * '' Madrepora astroites'' Forskål, 1775 * '' Madrepora carolina'' (Pourtalès, 1871) * '' Madrepora minutiseptum'' Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 * ''Madrepora oculata'' Linnaeus, 1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oculinidae
Oculinidae is a family of colonial corals. Characteristics Members of the family Oculinidae are characterised by having the walls of the corallites (the cups which house the polyps) being composed of solid walled though rather fragile tubes connected by a smooth skeletal material called coenosteum. The corallites are widely spaced and robust. The septa (ridges on the corallite walls) curve noticeably outward giving the coral a spiky appearance. Many species in this family form a symbiotic relationship with the flagellate protozoa zooxanthellae which live within the tissues of the polyps. These are photosynthetic algae that provide nutrients for the polyps while themselves benefiting from a safe environment and an elevated, sunny position. Wet Web Media.com. Retrieved 2011-12-15. ...
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Coral Reefs
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of Colony (biology), colonies of coral polyp (zoology), polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, whose polyps cluster in groups. Coral belongs to the Class (biology), class Anthozoa in the animal phylum Cnidaria, which includes sea anemones and jellyfish. Unlike sea anemones, corals secrete hard carbonate exoskeletons that support and protect the coral. Most reefs grow best in warm, shallow, clear, sunny and agitated water. Coral reefs first appeared 485 million years ago, at the dawn of the Early Ordovician, displacing the microbial and sponge reefs of the Cambrian. Sometimes called ''rainforests of the sea'', shallow coral reefs form some of Earth's most diverse ecosystems. They occupy less than 0.1% of the world's ocean area, about half the area of France, yet they provide a home for at least 25% of all marine species, including fis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrepora Trochiformis
Madrepora (Spanish, "mother of pores") is a genus of stony corals, often found forming reefs or islands in tropical locations. The names Madrepore and Madreporaria were formerly applied universally to any stony coral of the family Scleractinia. They reproduce in three separate ways, as discovered by the marine zoologist Anne Thynne (1800–1866). It is commonly known as horn coral. A colony is branched with small polyps in cylindrical cups separated by a perforated coenosteum. Terminal polyps bear six tentacles, while lateral polyps bear twelve tentacles. Madrepora is economically important, since it contributes to the formation of coral reefs. Species Species include: * '' Madrepora arbuscula'' (Moseley, 1881) * ''Madrepora astroites'' Forskål, 1775 * '' Madrepora carolina'' (Pourtalès, 1871) * '' Madrepora minutiseptum'' Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 * ''Madrepora oculata'' Linnaeus, 1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrepora Porcellana
Madrepora (Spanish, "mother of pores") is a genus of stony corals, often found forming reefs or islands in tropical locations. The names Madrepore and Madreporaria were formerly applied universally to any stony coral of the family Scleractinia. They reproduce in three separate ways, as discovered by the marine zoologist Anne Thynne (1800–1866). It is commonly known as horn coral. A colony is branched with small polyps in cylindrical cups separated by a perforated coenosteum. Terminal polyps bear six tentacles, while lateral polyps bear twelve tentacles. Madrepora is economically important, since it contributes to the formation of coral reefs. Species Species include: * '' Madrepora arbuscula'' (Moseley, 1881) * ''Madrepora astroites'' Forskål, 1775 * '' Madrepora carolina'' (Pourtalès, 1871) * '' Madrepora minutiseptum'' Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 * ''Madrepora oculata'' Linnaeus, 1758 * '' Madrepora porcellana'' (Moseley, 1881) * †''Madrepora trochiformis Madrepora (Spanis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrepora Minutiseptum
Madrepora (Spanish, "mother of pores") is a genus of stony corals, often found forming reefs or islands in tropical locations. The names Madrepore and Madreporaria were formerly applied universally to any stony coral of the family Scleractinia. They reproduce in three separate ways, as discovered by the marine zoologist Anne Thynne (1800–1866). It is commonly known as horn coral. A colony is branched with small polyps in cylindrical cups separated by a perforated coenosteum. Terminal polyps bear six tentacles, while lateral polyps bear twelve tentacles. Madrepora is economically important, since it contributes to the formation of coral reefs. Species Species include: * '' Madrepora arbuscula'' (Moseley, 1881) * ''Madrepora astroites'' Forskål, 1775 * '' Madrepora carolina'' (Pourtalès, 1871) * '' Madrepora minutiseptum'' Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 * ''Madrepora oculata'' Linnaeus, 1758 * ''Madrepora porcellana'' (Moseley, 1881) * †''Madrepora trochiformis Madrepora (Spanish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrepora Carolina
Madrepora (Spanish, "mother of pores") is a genus of stony corals, often found forming reefs or islands in tropical locations. The names Madrepore and Madreporaria were formerly applied universally to any stony coral of the family Scleractinia. They reproduce in three separate ways, as discovered by the marine zoologist Anne Thynne (1800–1866). It is commonly known as horn coral. A colony is branched with small polyps in cylindrical cups separated by a perforated coenosteum. Terminal polyps bear six tentacles, while lateral polyps bear twelve tentacles. Madrepora is economically important, since it contributes to the formation of coral reefs. Species Species include: * '' Madrepora arbuscula'' (Moseley, 1881) * ''Madrepora astroites'' Forskål, 1775 * '' Madrepora carolina'' (Pourtalès, 1871) * ''Madrepora minutiseptum'' Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 * ''Madrepora oculata'' Linnaeus, 1758 * ''Madrepora porcellana'' (Moseley, 1881) * †''Madrepora trochiformis Madrepora (Spanish, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrepora Arbuscula
Madrepora (Spanish, "mother of pores") is a genus of stony corals, often found forming reefs or islands in tropical locations. The names Madrepore and Madreporaria were formerly applied universally to any stony coral of the family Scleractinia. They reproduce in three separate ways, as discovered by the marine zoologist Anne Thynne (1800–1866). It is commonly known as horn coral. A colony is branched with small polyps in cylindrical cups separated by a perforated coenosteum. Terminal polyps bear six tentacles, while lateral polyps bear twelve tentacles. Madrepora is economically important, since it contributes to the formation of coral reefs. Species Species include: * '' Madrepora arbuscula'' (Moseley, 1881) * ''Madrepora astroites'' Forskål, 1775 * ''Madrepora carolina'' (Pourtalès, 1871) * ''Madrepora minutiseptum'' Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 * ''Madrepora oculata'' Linnaeus, 1758 * ''Madrepora porcellana'' (Moseley, 1881) * †''Madrepora trochiformis Madrepora (Spanish, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rendered in Latin as and, after his 1761 ennoblement, as . Linnaeus was born in Råshult, the countryside of Småland, in southern Sweden. He received most of his higher education at Uppsala University and began giving lectures in botany there in 1730. He lived abroad between 1735 and 1738, where he studied and also published the first edition of his ' in the Netherlands. He then returned to Sweden where he became professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala. In the 1740s, he was sent on several journeys through Sweden to find and classify plants and animals. In the 1750s and 1760s, he continued to collect an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Thynne
Anna Constantia Thynne, Lady John Thynne (née Beresford; 1806–1866) was a British marine zoologist.Stott, Rebecca, ''Theatres of Glass: The woman who brought the sea to the city'', Short Books, 2003. In 1846, she built the first stable and sustained marine aquarium and maintained corals and sponges in it for over three years. Lady John Thynne’s first love was geology, but in 1846 she encountered her first Madrepore and became enraptured with something that appeared to be a rock, but was a living being. Wanting to take specimens back to London from Torquay, she fixed the Madrepores to a sponge with a needle and thread, within a stone jar. She then transferred them to a glass bowl, changing the water every other day. Not having enough of a supply to continue to replace the seawater, she then switched to aerating it by transferring the water between vessels in front of an open window, a task usually undertaken by her servant. In 1847 she added marine plants to the bowls, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scleractinia
Scleractinia, also called stony corals or hard corals, are marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria that build themselves a hard skeleton. The individual animals are known as polyp (zoology), polyps and have a cylindrical body crowned by an oral disc in which a mouth is fringed with tentacles. Although some species are solitary, most are Colony (biology), colonial. The founding polyp settles and starts to secrete calcium carbonate to protect its soft body. Solitary corals can be as much as across but in colonial species the polyps are usually only a few millimetres in diameter. These polyps reproduce asexually by budding, but remain attached to each other, forming a multi-polyp colony of cloning, clones with a common skeleton, which may be up to several metres in diameter or height according to species. The shape and appearance of each coral colony depends not only on the species, but also on its location, depth, the amount of water movement and other factors. Many shallow-water co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
