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Coralline means 'resembling coral' and may
refer to:
Coralline algae, or
corallines, red
algae that
produce calcareous deposits Less commonly, organisms...
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Coralline algae are red
algae in the
order Corallinales. They are
characterized by a
thallus that is hard
because of
calcareous deposits contained within...
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typical of
benthic (bottom-dwelling) foraminifera, echinoderms, and
coralline algae.
Aragonite skeletal grains are
typical of molluscs,
calcareous green...
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skeletons look
similar to reef corals. Therefore,
demosponges are also
called coralline sponges. The
Demospongiae have an
ancient history. The
first demosponges...
- to late Miocene. The
oldest exposed rock
layer of
Malta is the
Lower Coralline Limestone Formation (Maltese: Żonqor),
which is of
Chattian age (~28–23...
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Odondebuenia balearica, the
Coralline goby, is a
species of goby
native to the
Mediterranean Sea
where it
prefers coralline areas at
depths of from 20...
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Coralline rock is a type of rock
formed by the
death of
layers of
coralline algae. It is
visually quite bright like the algae, and is
often desired as...
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geography of
Malta is
dominated by water.
Malta is an
archipelago of
coralline limestone,
located in Europe, in the
Mediterranean Sea, 81 kilometres...
- of
coral reefs. When
taken from the
ocean it is
usually encrusted with
coralline algae and
inhabited by a
multitude of
marine organisms. The many forms...
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granitic islands, the world's only
oceanic islands of
granitic rock and the
coralline outer islands. The
granite islands are the world's
oldest ocean islands...
