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A variety of sea creatures ultimately contribute to the complex structure of coral reefs. However, the most robust underlying framework of coral reef is constructed by the slow cumulative efforts of only one particular group of simple, tiny animals called hard corals (scleractinian). In these corals, the body of each animal (called polyps) is encased in a hard external skeleton composed of calcium carbonate and formed by the animal itself, substances As extracted from adults, hard corals are generally in large groups called colonies of cohesion, in which only the outer layer is made up of living polyps. Each coral colony is composed of many individual genetically identical polyps, with future generations built on the bones of ancestors. The colonies of hard corals generally grow in large colonies composed of several sets of interconnection of the same species or different.

Other major contributors include coral process an unusual group of plants called coralline and calcareous algae, such as hard corals, also incorporate calcium carbonate in their bodies. Coralline and grow through some individual colonies that form coral reefs, helping to build and consolidate the structure of coral around a solid and consistent training.

On the basis underlying constructed by stony corals and calcareous algae cultivate a variety of other creatures – a surface layer of sponges, octocorals, other invertebrates, and certain types of algae which is anchored to the surface of coral, and together give a new dimension of structural complexity and biodiversity of coral reefs.

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