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NON-REEF-BUILDING [1 record]

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Record 1 1979-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sponges, Hydrozoans and Jellyfish
DEF

Non-reef-building, applied to corals.

OBS

The term "ahermatypic" does not appear in most of the sources consulted. The term generally used was "non-reef-building".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éponges, hydres et méduses
DEF

Se dit des coraux qui ne construisent pas de récifs et vivent à toutes profondeurs.

CONT

À la recherche d'autres arguments ou de preuves négatives, on a pu faire état de certains coraux ahermatypiques, parmi les Alcyonnaires Xenidae et les Zoanthaires Zoanthidae [...] qui ont comme «perdu» la faculté de capturer des proies et [...] ne peuvent survivre à l'obscurité [...]

Spanish

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