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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
In taxonomy, classification which stresses grouping together taxa in a similar stage of evolution, rather than location on the same phyletic line.
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One of two distinct evolutionary lines of coelomates, consisting of the echinoderms and chordates and characterized by radial cleavage of the early embryo. The cleaving cells are indeterminate (if early embryonic cells are separated, each one develops into a complete organism). The anus develops from the blastopore.
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The dispersal of plant seeds or spores by animals. Endozoochory is zoochory within the animal's body. Exozoochory is zoochory where the seeds are attached to the outside of the animal's body.
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The phases of the cell cycle known as G1 and G2, during which relatively less obvious cellular activity is visible.
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The tendency of object to float or sink when placed in a liquid. Positively buoyant objects float, negatively buoyant objects sink, and neutrally buoyant objects stay in place.
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The Hawaiian Archipelago consists of eight large islands and 124 small islands, reefs, and shoals. It stretches for over 2,400 km from 19 degrees - 28 degrees N to 155 degrees -178 degrees E. It can be divided into two distinct regions: the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI), primarily uninhabited atolls, islands, and banks accounting for the majority of U.S. reefs, and the Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) largely made up of populated, high, volcanic islands with non-structural reef communities, fringing reefs, and two barrier reefs.
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A cell type which forms the surface layer (pinacoderm or epidermis) of a sponge. Pinacocytes are capable of synthesising collagen .
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