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- Brain coral is a common name given to various corals in the families Mussidae and Merulinidae, so called due to their generally spheroid shape and grooved surface which resembles a brain. Each head of coral is formed by a colony of genetically identical polyps which secrete a hard skeleton of calcium carbonate; this makes them important coral reef builders like other stony corals in the order Scleractinia.Brain corals are found in shallow warm water coral reefs in all the world's oceans. They are part of the phylum Cnidaria, in a class called Anthozoa or "flower animals". The lifespan of the largest brain corals is 900 years. Colonies can grow as large as 1.8 m (6 ft) or more in height. Brain corals extend their tentacles to catch food at night. During the day, they use their tentacles for protection by wrapping them over the grooves on their surface. The surface is hard and offers good protection against fish or hurricanes. Branching corals, such as staghorn corals, grow more rapidly, but are more vulnerable to storm damage.Like other genera of corals, brain corals feed on small drifting animals, and also receive nutrients provided by the algae which live within their tissues. The behavior of one of the most common genera, Favia, is semiaggressive; it will sting other corals with its extended sweeper tentacles during the night. The grooved surface of brain corals has been used by scientists to investigate methods of giving spherical wheels appropriate grip strength. (en)
- Hersenkoraal is een informele verzamelnaam voor een groep van bolvormige kolonievormende steenkoralen. De groep vormt geen systematische eenheid. De soorten in deze groep ontlenen hun naam aan de kanalen in het oppervlak van de koraalkolonies, die veel weg hebben van de groeven en windingen van de menselijke hersenen. Het gaat om soorten steenkoraal die behoren tot de families Mussidae en Merulinidae. De bekendste vertegenwoordigers zijn Diploria labyrinthiformis en Pseudodiploria strigosa (familie Mussidae), en soorten uit de geslachten Platygyra en Leptoria (Merulinidae). (nl)
- 脑珊瑚是人們對包括和在內的各种珊瑚的俗稱，由于它们一般是球状的，表面有凹槽，外形與大脑類似，所以被称为脑珊瑚。最大的脑珊瑚寿命可達900年。脑珊瑚一般在夜间伸出它们的触角来捕捉食物。 (zh)
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- Manicina areolata in the family Mussidae (en)
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- Favites abdita in the family Merulinidae (en)
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- Hersenkoraal is een informele verzamelnaam voor een groep van bolvormige kolonievormende steenkoralen. De groep vormt geen systematische eenheid. De soorten in deze groep ontlenen hun naam aan de kanalen in het oppervlak van de koraalkolonies, die veel weg hebben van de groeven en windingen van de menselijke hersenen. Het gaat om soorten steenkoraal die behoren tot de families Mussidae en Merulinidae. De bekendste vertegenwoordigers zijn Diploria labyrinthiformis en Pseudodiploria strigosa (familie Mussidae), en soorten uit de geslachten Platygyra en Leptoria (Merulinidae). (nl)
- 脑珊瑚是人們對包括和在內的各种珊瑚的俗稱，由于它们一般是球状的，表面有凹槽，外形與大脑類似，所以被称为脑珊瑚。最大的脑珊瑚寿命可達900年。脑珊瑚一般在夜间伸出它们的触角来捕捉食物。 (zh)
- Brain coral is a common name given to various corals in the families Mussidae and Merulinidae, so called due to their generally spheroid shape and grooved surface which resembles a brain. Each head of coral is formed by a colony of genetically identical polyps which secrete a hard skeleton of calcium carbonate; this makes them important coral reef builders like other stony corals in the order Scleractinia.Brain corals are found in shallow warm water coral reefs in all the world's oceans. They are part of the phylum Cnidaria, in a class called Anthozoa or "flower animals". The lifespan of the largest brain corals is 900 years. Colonies can grow as large as 1.8 m (6 ft) or more in height. (en)
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- Brain coral (en)
- Hersenkoraal (nl)
- 脑珊瑚 (zh)
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