Coral

Is Coral a plant or animal? Both. It is part plant and animal. The animal part eats at night when the plankton come down to the coral. The other part eats during the day with photosynthesis. Most coral grows really slow. It could take 40 years for it to grow 1-2 feet, and like 5 years for it to grow 1-2 inches. However there is some coral that grows way faster, but not in the wild. There are tons of different coral like Brain coral, Plate coral and way much more. Coral takes a lot of time to grow. Coral is dieing and becoming endangered from pollution. There is all ready enough trouble from Parrot fish. If you see coral, don't touch it, coral is very delicate, so just admire it.


Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa

Subclasses and

Suborders:

Alcyonaria

Alcyonacea

Helioporacea

Zoantharia

Antipatharia

Corallimorpharia

Scleractinia

Zoanthidea