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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
In taxonomy, a name which does not meet all mandatory provisions of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and thus has no status in nomenclature. Unavailable names include: nomen oblitum, nomen negatum, nomen nudum, nomen nullum, nomen vetitum.
Industry:Natural environment
One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals; vertical radially arranged plates forming one or more cycles between the septa and the central axis in the scleractinian skeleton .
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The degree of resolution at which ecological processes, structures, and changes across space and time are observed and measured.
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The organ-pipe coral, Tubipora musica, is a reef-building (hermatypic) octocoral .
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The study of the interactions between microorganisms and their environment.
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A breathing device that allows a swimmer to breathe while face down in the water. It consists of a bent plastic or rubber tube fitting into a swimmer's mouth and extending above the surface.
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A dorsal fin containing only soft rays, or the soft-rayed hind part of the dorsal fin, if both spines and soft rays are present (as in squirrelfish).
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A listing of the number, type, label and sequence of all the genes identified within the genome of a given organism.
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A polyp that acts in an aggressive manner by stinging neighbouring corals and sessile invertebrates.
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A type of symbiosis where two (or more) organisms from different species live in close proximity to one another, and where one of the members suffers as a result of the relationship while the other is unaffected by it.
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