Cnidarians
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- Field guideHow corals build reefsA coral reef is built colony by colony and generation by generation. Living polyps add skeletal cups at the surface, while older skeletons, binding organisms, sediments, growth, breakage, and erosion shape the framework below.
- Field guideHow bioluminescence worksDifferent lineages make, obtain, or host different light-producing chemistries, package them in cells or photophores, and control flashes or glows for camouflage, prey capture, defense, communication, or mating.