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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
A skeletal element in octocorals. Sclerites are composed of calcite spicules; also, a hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods.
Industry:Natural environment
An assemblage of organisms or their parts brought together after their deaths, as for example, by flowing water; 'death assemblage'.
Industry:Natural environment
Any of about nearly 400 species of bony fishes in the family Scorpaenidae. Scorpionfishes have large, heavily ridged and spined heads.They possess venomous spines on their dorsal fins, each with a groove and venom sac. Scorpionfishes are well camouflaged to blend in with their environment with fleshy projections and background coloration. Some can change their color to better match their surroundings. The most venemous fish in the world, the reef stonefish (Synanceia verrucosa), is disguised to look like a encrusted rock or lump of coral. This species is widely distributed throughout tropical, marine waters of the Indo-Pacific. Most species of scorpionfishes are demersal, living on or near the bottom. They are carnivorous ambush predators feeding on crustaceans, cephalopods and fishes.
Industry:Natural environment
Refers to those substances produced by the metabolism of a living organism, especially carbon-containing compounds.
Industry:Natural environment
The center part of a chromosome that appears ‘pinched’, in between the short arm (p) and the long arm (q). The centromere holds the two chromatids together, and during cell division (mitosis) it is the site of attachment for the spindle fibers.
Industry:Natural environment
The management and analysis of data using advanced computing techniques.
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