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Hard & Soft Corals

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An exceptionally diverse group of animals belonging to the Phylum Cnidaria. Corals typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans, which secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton

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  • The diversity of coral species on tropical reefs in papua New Guinea is enormous
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  • The diversity of coral species on tropical reefs in papua New Guinea is enormous
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  • The diversity of coral species on tropical reefs in papua New Guinea is enormous
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  • In areas of strong current, soft corals will extend their polyps to feed upon plankton and other detritus transported by the water flow
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  • In areas of strong current, soft corals will extend their polyps to feed upon plankton and other detritus transported by the water flow
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  • In areas of strong current, soft corals will extend their polyps to feed upon plankton and other detritus transported by the water flow
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