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  2. Aipysurus laevis - Wikipedia

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    Aipysurus laevis has been found to have photoreceptors in the skin of its tail, allowing it to detect light and presumably ensuring it is completely hidden, including its tail, inside coral holes during the day.

  3. Melithaea ochracea - Wikipedia

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    Melithaea ochracea grows on shallow reefs in the South China Sea between Taiwan and Indonesia.Its range also includes Singapore and Malaysia. [3] In Taiwan, it is the most widespread gorgonian coral and is found on the higher parts of reef fronts where its numerous small polyps can feed at water flow rates varying from 4 to 40 centimetres (1.6 to 15.7 in) per second.

  4. File:Coral Outcrop Flynn Reef.jpg - Wikipedia

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  5. Melithaea - Wikipedia

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    Members of the genus Melithaea are arborescent colonial corals forming fan, bush or tree shapes. The axis or main skeletal "trunk" is jointed, there being nodes, flexible horny joints, separated by internodes composed of hard, calcareous material.

  6. Lighthouse Reef - Wikipedia

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    Lighthouse Reef is known as a snorkelling and diving destination, considered one of the best dive sites in Belize and the whole Caribbean. Notable diving locations are Half Moon Caye Wall, Long Caye Aquarium ("The Aquarium"), Silver Caves, Tres Cocos, and West Point. In addition to these coral reefs, it is also home to the Great Blue Hole. [2]

  7. Acroporidae - Wikipedia

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    Acroporidae is a family of small polyped stony corals in the phylum Cnidaria.The name is derived from the Greek "akron" meaning "summit" and refers to the presence of a corallite at the tip of each branch of coral. [3]

  8. Astreopora - Wikipedia

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    Several species of coral-inhabiting barnacles are associated with Astreopora. In fact, Hiroa stubbingsi and two species of Cionophorus seem to occur nowhere else. In the case of H. stubbingsi , which has a primitive wall and a relatively unspecialised operculum , this may be because it is not equipped to occupy other corals, but the Cionophorus ...

  9. Melithaeidae - Wikipedia

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    Members of the family Melithaeidae are arborescent colonial corals forming fans, bushes or trees. The axis or main skeletal "trunk" is jointed, there being nodes, flexible horny joints, separated by internodes composed of hard, calcareous material.