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Open brain coral : ウィキペディア英語版 | Open brain coral
The open brain corals, ''Trachyphyllia geoffroyi'', are just one of thousands of classifications of coral. They are named as such due to their resemblance to an inverted animal brain as seen by the human eye. As the name also suggests, the open brain corals are related to the many other species of brain corals found in shallow warm-water coral reefs in all the world's oceans. The different specific sub-species come in an array of colors ranging from opaque, blue, green, red, pink and brown. ==Habitat== Open brain corals are found in the warm, shallow waters of the tropics.〔Pat Hutchings, Mike Kingsford, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg Eds. ''The Great Barrier Reef''. Springer. (2009), 5.〕 Due to the symbiotic relationship corals have with zooxanthellae (for more information, see "symbiotic relationship" section), corals and therefore coral reefs, thrive in clear, shallow waters to allow the zooxanthellae to photosynthesize. However, this general rule does not apply to all species and there are some exceptions. Although specific species of open brain corals can be found in all of the world's oceans, they are predominantly found in the Indian Ocean including the Red Sea, and throughout the coastal waters of Australia. The sediment types that the open brain corals thrive on are sandy to silty bottoms.
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