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cnidarian order

Also known as: Coenothecalia, Helioporacea

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Annotated classification
Order Helioporacea (Coenothecalia) Blue coral. Massive lobed calcareous skeleton. Tropical; 1 Caribbean and 1 Indo-West Pacific species. Order Pennatulacea Sea pens and sea pansies. Fleshy, always dimorphic, unbranched colonies, with 1 axial polyp and many lateral ones. Polyp-free peduncle burrows into soft sediments; polyp-bearing distal end of the…
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Order Helioporacea (Coenothecalia) Blue coral. Massive lobed calcareous skeleton. Tropical; 1 Caribbean and 1 Indo-West Pacific species. Order Pennatulacea Sea pens and sea pansies. Fleshy, always dimorphic, unbranched colonies, with 1 axial polyp and many lateral ones. Polyp-free peduncle burrows into soft sediments; polyp-bearing distal end of the…
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coral
Soft coral, horny coral, and blue coral are colonial in habit. Individual polyps have eight feathery tentacles and, in the gastrovascular cavity, eight septa, or partitions. Cilia (tiny hairlike projections) on six septa draw water into the cavity. Cilia on the other two septa expel water. The skeleton is internal.…
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Soft coral, horny coral, and blue coral are colonial in habit. Individual polyps have eight feathery tentacles and, in the gastrovascular cavity, eight septa, or partitions. Cilia (tiny hairlike projections) on six septa draw water into the cavity. Cilia on the other two septa expel water. The skeleton is internal.…
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Support mechanisms and skeletons
Blue corals (the order Helioporacea) have skeletons of crystalline calcareous fibres fused into sheets, which are used for jewelry. Colonies of black coral resemble bushes and may stand more than three metres tall. Their skeletons, made entirely of proteinaceous material similar to gorgonin, are likewise…
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Blue corals (the order Helioporacea) have skeletons of crystalline calcareous fibres fused into sheets, which are used for jewelry. Colonies of black coral resemble bushes and may stand more than three metres tall. Their skeletons, made entirely of proteinaceous material similar to gorgonin, are likewise…
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