Scleractinia

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Scleractinia [‚skler·ək′tin·ē·ə]

(invertebrate zoology)

An order of the subclass Zoantharia which comprises the true, or stony, corals; these are solitary or colonial anthozoans which attach to a firm substrate.

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No references found			Corals of the order Scleractinia, deprived of their symbiotic algal partners, are slowly starving in many parts of the world -- perhaps, many believe, because of rising temperatures in tropical waters. Bleached reefs: is a warm-water cycle stripping corals of their ... by Langreth, Robert N. / Science News			Scipio Scipio Africanus Scipio Africanus Major Scipio Africanus Minor Scipione scirrhous carcinoma scissor engine scissor jack scissor-tailed flycatcher scissoring scissors scissors bridge scissors crossover scissors fault scissors mode scissors truss Scitaminales Scitamineae Scituate Sciuridae Sciuromorpha Sciurus Vulgaris Exalbidus SCL Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclera Scleractinia Scleranthus Scleraxonia Sclereid sclerema neonatorum Sclerenchyma scleriasis Sclerification sclerite Scleritis scleroblast scleroblastema sclerocaulous sclerochore Sclerodactylidae Scleroderma sclerodermatous Sclerogibbidae Scleroma Sclerometer Sclerometry Sclerophyll Sclerophyll Forests sclerophyllous Scleroprotein Scleroscope			Sclavonic SCLB SCLC SCLC SCLC SCLC SCLCE SCLCP SCLCT SCLD SCLDF SCLE SCLEA SCLEC SCLED SCLEI Sclender SCLEOA Sclephropteris scler(o)- scler- scler- sclera sclera sclera sclera sclera inflammation sclera inflammation sclera inflammation Scleractina Scleractinia scleractinian scleractinians scleradenitis Scleraderma Scleraderma Scleraderma sclerae sclerae sclerae Scleragogy scleral scleral scleral scleral annulus scleral buckling scleral buckling scleral buckling Scleral Buckling Procedure scleral contact lens scleral contact lens scleral contact lens scleral contact lens scleral contact lens scleral crescent Scleral diseases Scleral diseases Scleral diseases scleral ectasia Scleral Expansion Band scleral fixation sutures

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