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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A jellyfish (Scyphozoa) larval stage that develops into the adult medusa or jellyfish.
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A non-vascular extra-embryonic membrane of amniote embryos that forms a fluid-filled cavity surrounding the embryo. It protects the embryo by functioning as a shock absorber.
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A site visited by fishes where, in a mutually symbiotic relationship, cleaning shrimp or fish remove parasites from their bodies.
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A thin membranous barrier that permits passage of particles up to a certain size or of a special nature; also referred to as a 'differentially permeable membrane'.
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An asexual form of reproduction where daughter corallites grow from the outside wall of the parent corallites.
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Any of a class of saturated aliphatic monocarboxylic acids that form part of a lipid molecule; a product of fat hydrolysis .
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Distinct layers of cells, produced during the early embryonic developmental process of gastrulation, which gives rise to all cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems of the organism's body. The three types of germ layers are the ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm. Diploblastic organisms (e.g. Cnidarians) have two layers, ectoderm and endoderm; triploblastic organisms (all higher animal groups) have mesoderm between these two layers.
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In molecular genetics, multiple copies of the same nucleotide base sequences lying in series .
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Refers to the ocean environment landward of the shelf-slope break.
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