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Definition of reef-builder in English: reef-buildernounˈriːfbɪldəˈrēfbildə A marine organism, especially a coral, which builds reefs. 造礁生物（尤指珊瑚） Example sentencesExamples - At about the same time that Kershaw's papers began to appear, Steam critically reviewed previous work on the shapes of Paleozoic and modern reef-builders.
- The reef-builders of that epoch were the lacy, vase-shaped archaeocyathids, probably related to sponges, along with other organisms whose affinities are not yet understood.
- However, the publication of monographs by Marius Lecompte, Jesse Galloway and by Galloway and Joseph St. Jean increased interest in the classification, paleoecology, and nature of these reef-builders.
- They were rarely reef-builders as modern corals are.
- The calcareous algae, stromatoporoids, tabulate corals, and rugose corals became conspicuous reef-builders throughout the tropical seas.
Derivativesnoun Unless there is a significant recovery of reef-building corals, the erosion of exposed coral skeletons by sea urchins, fish, sponges and polychaetes will accelerate, and may result in a physical break-down of the reef structure. Example sentencesExamples - In this paper, we examine a sustained, long-term population decline in three species of reef-building corals that vary substantially in life histories and rates of recruitment.
- I've been looking at how seawater warming events have influenced the types of algal symbionts that are found inside reef-building corals.
- This ecosystem is a diverse habitat for marine creatures, with around 600 types of reef-building corals and more than 2,000 kinds of coral reefs.
- The Barrier Reef is a mix of two island forms: continental islands and the true coral islands that grow from the reef-building activities of corals.
Definition of reef-builder in US English: reef-buildernounˈrēfbildə A marine organism, especially a coral, which builds reefs. 造礁生物（尤指珊瑚） Example sentencesExamples - The reef-builders of that epoch were the lacy, vase-shaped archaeocyathids, probably related to sponges, along with other organisms whose affinities are not yet understood.
- At about the same time that Kershaw's papers began to appear, Steam critically reviewed previous work on the shapes of Paleozoic and modern reef-builders.
- They were rarely reef-builders as modern corals are.
- However, the publication of monographs by Marius Lecompte, Jesse Galloway and by Galloway and Joseph St. Jean increased interest in the classification, paleoecology, and nature of these reef-builders.
- The calcareous algae, stromatoporoids, tabulate corals, and rugose corals became conspicuous reef-builders throughout the tropical seas.
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