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Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton. A coral "group" is a colony of very many genetically identical polyps. Each polyp is a sac-like animal typically only a few millimeters in diameter and a few centimeters in height.
Crocea Mors [ fr], formerly the sword of Julius Caesar, captured by Nennius according to the legends presented by Geoffrey of Monmouth. Cruadh-Chosgarach, the Hard Destroying One, sword of Caílte mac Rónáin. Cruaidín Catutchenn, the sword of Cú Chulainn. Dyrnwyn ( White-Hilt ), the Sword of Rhydderch Hael.
Noted objects. Known distant objects. See also. References. List of Solar System objects most distant from the Sun. Positions of known outer Solar System objects Sun Jupiter trojans (6,178) Scattered disc (>300) Giant planets J · S · U · N Centaurs (44,000) Kuiper belt (>1,000)(scale in AU; epoch as of January 2015; # of objects in ...
Southern Coral Group. Coëtivy Island. NASA Image. / 6.500°S 55.733°E / -6.500; 55.733. Creole, French, East Africans, Indians. Southern Coral Group is a collective term for two islands of Outer Islands of the Seychelles, lying in the south of the island nation, between 135 and 300 kilometers south of the capital, Victoria, on Mahé ...
Unit 731 (Japanese: 731部隊, Hepburn: Nana-san-ichi Butai), short for Manchu Detachment 731 and also known as the Kamo Detachment: 198 and the Ishii Unit, was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that engaged in lethal human experimentation and biological weapons manufacturing during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945 ...
The Spice Family, also known as the Shakers, are a group of condiment dispensers who live in the kitchen, each named after the type of spice they contain. Mr. Salt (voiced by Nick Balaban in the original series & Blue's Big City Adventure and Brad Adamson in the reboot series) is of French heritage and acts as the homemaker of the Blue's Clues ...
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Anthozoa is a class of marine invertebrates which includes the sea anemones, stony corals and soft corals. Adult anthozoans are almost all attached to the seabed, while their larvae can disperse as part of the plankton. The basic unit of the adult is the polyp; this consists of a cylindrical column topped by a disc with a central mouth ...