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Staghorn Corals

Acroporidae Verrill 1901

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Acroporidae (Staghorn Corals) is a family of cnidarians. Dead Staghorn Corals form shallow marine sediments. They have asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction.

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  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019954
  • Definition: Capable of the biological process in which new individuals are produced by either a single cell or a group of cells, in the absence of any sexual process.
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  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953
  • Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.
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EOL has data for 20 attributes, including:

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of staghorn corals. View this species on GBIF
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Staghorn Coral Habitats

The environments in which many staghorn corals species are known to live. Select an environment to see its staghorn corals species checklist.