BARRIÈRE DE CORAIL (GRANDE) : construction sous-marine d’origine animale (récifs coralliens) qui résulte de l’accumulation de squelettes de coraux. La partie supérieure du récif, de la surface jusqu’à quelques mètres est composée de coraux vivants.
Pacific coral reef
There we can discover the wealth of the landscapes reefs: the large coral reef up to the atolls, everywhere life settles ...
Fifty species of hard and soft corals, tropical fish of many typical reefs such as maids and surgeons find refuge there. It is an oasis of life in the heart of the ocean ...
In addition to its aesthetic and exotic, this aquarium is also an invitation to respect the nature, and the environment in general. Indeed, nearly all fish and corals come from farming or cuttings (coral) from French and European colleagues ...
What’s coral ?
Despite the fact that they look like plants or stones, corals are animals. They are invertebrates, which belong to the Phylum Cnidaria including hard corals and
soft, the sea fans, hydroids, jellyfish and other sea anemones.
Each block of coral is composed of a number of identical individuals: the polyps. They have the shape of a bag with a single orifice, a central mouth used to feed and remove waste, and a crown of stinging tentacles (“Cnidos” which means stinging in Greek).
