Sentences with phrase «sea coral colonies»

Areas like the North Atlantic and South Pacific are particularly fertile habitats for deep - sea scleractinian reefs, but a combination of factors led scientists to believe that the accumulation of deep - sea coral colonies into healthy reefs was exceedingly unlikely in the deep waters of the North Pacific.

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Recent surveys have found more than 2,300 - year - old colony of deep - water black coral 1,480 feet (451 meters) below the surface off Oahu — and deep - sea fishing threatens the long - lived, slow - reproducing species that inhabit the sea bottom such as the Patagonian toothfish (better known as Chilean sea bass).

A colony of the soft coral known as the «bent sea rod» stands bleached on a reef off of Islamorada, Florida.

Corals are colonies of small, tentacled animals that encase themselves in bony structures made of the mineral calcium carbonate, the same material that makes up the shells of other sea creatures.

Scleractinian coral colonies of Stylophora pistillata were collected by SCUBA diving from 3 — 6 m depth at the coral reef near the Inter-University Institute (IUI) in Eilat, Aqaba Gulf, Red Sea.

Four of Australia's 20 thousand islands have been selected for this one hour special, all with an abundance of wildlife.On the southern-most tip of the greatest coral reef in the world, the Great Barrier Reef, the remarkable coral cay of Lady Eliot Island is home to big colonies of sea birds, manta rays, turtles and humpback whales.

You can dive in to underwater glee, there are caves, lava, ledges, coral heads, and a reef that is home to a green sea turtle colony affectionately called Turtle Town.

We have a good variety of soft colourful corals around the north Gilis such as anemones, bubble coral (a favorite turtle food), Daisy coral, whip coral, feather stars, sea fans, sea pens, leather coral, sponges, barrel coral and in some spots we get soft coral colonies.

In addition to, or sometimes in the place of spicules, the soft corals can have a central axis in each branch composed of a horny (gorgonan) substance to give the colony enough strength to grow upright oft the sea floor and still preserve its flexibility.

You may find sea turtle colonies, underwater caves and forest - like coral reefs teeming with vibrant marine life.

Huge, lens - shaped reefs are sculptured by the constant pounding of heavy seas on the gently sloping point down to a depth of 90 ft. Below 20 ft, they are made up of a mixed collection of small living coral colonies and stacks of coral debris.

The volcanic eruption of Mount Agung two decades later pushed the wreck 25m out to sea, resting at a depth of 30m, and eventually becoming home to colourful coral colonies teeming with tropical fish.

Surrounded by a colony of paradisiac islands and the second coral reef in the world, Belize hints at exoticism and romanticism whilst also offering a fantastic range of activities for adventure seekers: walks across tropical rainforests, discovering the way of the ancient Maya and relaxing massages by the sea.

Many - armed sea stars of pink, orange or red navigate among the corals, feasting on the outer skin and the tentacled feeding cells of coral colonies.

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