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... > Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > CNIDARIANS > ANTHOZOANS/HEXACORALS

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ANTHOZOANS/HEXACORALS  

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  • Subclass of class Anthozoa (Phylum Cnidarian) of water-based organisms formed by colonial polyps with hexamerous symmetry, eight and ten part symmetry is not uncommon. Hexacorals consit of anemones and 'true corals' with a stony skeleton, also known as 'reef building corals'

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  • 2017-03-09 15:42:05.0 [mgenazzi] Definition added insert Definition (id: null text: Subclass of class Anthozoa (Phylum Cnidarian) of water-based organisms formed by colonial polyps with hexamerous symmetry, eight and ten part symmetry is not uncommon. Hexacorals consit of anemones and 'true corals' with a stony skeleton, also known as 'reef building corals' language code: en);

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