Hard Corals
ii-Corals Ezinzima

© Johan Boshoff

Igama leentsapho eziqhelekileyo

(Hard Corals) ii-Corals Ezinzima

Igama lezesayensi

Scleractinia

Ubukhulu

Ukufikelela kwiimitha eziliqela

Ukukhangeleka

Uhlobo, ubungakanani kunye nombala kuyahlukahluka. I-clubbed, i-branched, ifowuni, idibeneyo kwaye ilawulwa yinto ebonakalayo. Ezinye zihamba kakuhle, ngelixa ezinye zihlasele zonke iintloko ze-coral. Uhlobo luyahlukahluka ukusuka kwilinar, obomvu nokuluhlaza ukuya eluhlaza, umnqweno, obomvu kunye obomdaka.

Inkcukacha jikelele

Umyalelo we-Scleractinia uwela phantsi kweklasi ye-Hexacorallia equka i-anemones, i-zooanthids kunye nee-corals amnyama. Amakhorali yimibala yeepolps ezakha i-calcium carbonate squelette. Abakhi beeReef. Iipolisi zixhunyiwe ngamathambo enyama ephethe i-zooxanthellae algae kwaye enika umbala kwaye unceda ukwakha amathambo.

Ukutya

Ukutya ii-plankton.

Ukufumaneka

Ivela kuwo onke amalwandle ashushu kunye neendawo ezitshisayo zehlabathi.

Iindidi eziqhelekileyo

Cluster finger coral - Acropora digitifera
Amakhorali aseMushroom - Fungia scutaria
Ubungqina bobuchopho bubuxoki - Symphyllia sp.