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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa
a class of predatory marine creatures in the phylum Cnidaria (previously Coelenterata). Includes sea anemones, corals and sea pens.
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Coral sediments are the calcareous skeletons made by the variety of anthozoans shaping reefs or islands.
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Similarly, studies conducted in the Gulf of Alaska and Irish Sea show that most motile organisms are less severely affected by chronic and experimental trawling than are anthozoans, sponges, bryozoans, hydroids, tubicolous polychaetes, and barnacles (Freese et al.
Changes in a benthic megafaunal community due to disturbance from ... by Asch, Rebecca G.; Collie, Jeremy S. / Fishery Bulletin
Dolmer (2002) observed reduced numbers of poriferans, echinoderms, anthozoans, molluscs, crustaceans, and ascidians in dredged areas four months after dredging for mussels.
Changes in the biodiversity of mussel assemblages induced by two ... by Seed, R. / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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