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Colpophyllia natans is considered one of the dominant reef-building corals of the Caribbean region and is a familiar species of the shallower reef ledges and slopes. It can be found down to a depth of fifty metres, but is more often established closer to the surface.
Erythrina falcata, commonly known as the Brazilian coral tree, is a timber tree in the family Fabaceae native to tropical South America. It can be found in Argentina, Bolivia the Atlantic Forest vegetation in Brazil, Paraguay and Peru. [1] This plant is also used as a medicinal plant and ornamental plant which is attractive to birds.
Although It is considered an invasive species in some places, Turbinaria Ornata is not considered a problem species in the Hawaiian islands. [6] Turbinaria ornata have had a massive population explosion on the reefs around the globe due to their ability to alter their morphology according to hydrodynamic forces and their ability to produce air ...
Turbinaria is mainly distributed in tropical coral reefs but is also found in the subtropics and temperate regions. Southeast Asia as well as the Indian Ocean contain the highest diversity of the genus. Turbinaria ornata is the species with the widest distribution within the genus, ranging from the West Atlantic, to the Indo-Pacific, and East ...
Sargassum is a genus of brown macroalgae in the order Fucales of the Phaeophyceae class. [1] Numerous species are distributed throughout the temperate and tropical oceans of the world, where they generally inhabit shallow water and coral reefs, and the genus is widely known for its planktonic (free-floating) species.
Lista de espécies da flora do Brasil (List of species of the flora of Brazil, "The Brazilian List"), first produced in 2010 provides a list of species of plants found in Brazil. At that time it listed a total of 40,982 species, including 3,608 fungi , 3,495 algae , 1,521 bryophytes , 1,176 pteridophytes , 26 gymnosperms and 31,156 angiosperm ...
Hexacorallia includes coral reef builders: the stony corals (Scleractinia), sea anemones , and zoanthids . Genetic studies of ribosomal DNA has shown Ceriantharia to be a monophyletic group and the oldest, or basal, order among them. [7] Classification according to the World Register of Marine Species: [8] subclass Hexacorallia
The Amazon Reef, or Amazonian Reef, [1] is an extensive coral and sponge reef system, located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of French Guiana and northern Brazil. It is one of the largest known reef systems in the world, with scientists estimating its length at over 1,000 kilometres (600 miles), and its area as over 9,300 km 2 (3,600 sq mi).