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SOFT CORALS  

DEFINITION

  • Phylum Cnidaria. Class Anthozoa. Subclass Octocorallia. Common name of water-based organisms formed by colonial polyps with 8 fold symmetry, clacking a distinct stony skeleton distinguished by minute, spiny skeletal sclerites used in identification

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/7836e8bd-176d-4e2f-9ac1-7f9d9a152b4e

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