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BORING ALGAE [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Algae
  • Paleontology
CONT

Some of the oolites were pierced by living, boring algae that flourished on the sea button ...

OBS

The plural form is "boring algae".

OBS

Many species of filamentous algae, fungi, sponges, sea worms ... bore into coral skeletons, excavating holes by mechanical rasping or chemical dissolution. The commonest is the boring sponge Cliona, which saws out tiny chips of calcium carbonate ...

Key term(s)
  • boring algae

French

Domaine(s)
  • Algues
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Certaines oolites ont été perforées par des algues qui proliféraient sur les fonds marins [...]

Spanish

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