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Corals are animals made up of tiny polyps that behave like plants.

From National Geographic • Jan. 24, 2024

Corals also house functionally and taxonomically diverse bacteria, viruses, archaea and microeukaryotes.

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2023

Corals are animals called polyps, found mostly in tropical waters.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2023

Corals in the tanks containing no nutrients at all stopped growing and had lost about half of their algal partners after just 50 days, giving them a bleached and stunted appearance.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 22, 2023

Amongst animals, the Protozoans are well represented in the Jurassic deposits by numerous Foraminifers and Sponges; as are the Cœlenterates by numerous Corals.

From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Nicholson, Henry Alleyne