Hard Coral

Question 1

Hard coral includes…..

Answer 1

All hard corals
Fire coral (millepora)
Blue coral (heliopora)
Organ pipe coral (tubipora musica)

Question 2

Hard coral growth forms (types)

Answer 2

Branching
Plate
Encrusting
Massive or boulder
Submissive or irregular
Foliose or lettuce-like
Columnar or digitate
Free living or mushroom

Question 3

Cross section through a coral polyp

Answer 3

Question 4

It coral doesn’t move, what do you do next?

Answer 4

Look at the texture and try find the coral cups. Hard coral surfaces is rough like sandpaper

Question 5

[HC] does it have regular corallites and have a sandpapery or knobbly surface?

Answer 5

Question 6

[HC] does it have regular corallites and have a sandpapery or knobbly surface?

Answer 6

Question 7

Answer 7

Branching hard coral. The reef builders

Question 8

Answer 8

Note the knobby/sandpapery texture

Question 9

Answer 9

Massive hard coral. Boulder shaped. Don’t have to be large to be called massive.

Question 10

Answer 10

Question 11

Answer 11

Question 12

Answer 12

Foliose hard coral

Question 13

Answer 13

Question 14

Answer 14

Question 15

Answer 15

Question 16

Answer 16

Question 17

Answer 17

Question 18

Answer 18