JB63
02/04/2010, 05:38 AM
I was just reading a thread on how sea-stars can regenerate wholly from just one limb. If this process can be repeated indefinitely, is this somehow Eternal Life? Or do some limbs ultimately die because of "cell aging" ? The same holds true for Coral colonies, while we all have seen dead coral skeletons, are those the result of some cataclysmic underwater event or, regular life/death cycle for the Corals.
There are corals that reproduce by continuous division (such as Acans and Favia), then there are others where a given polyp never splits in to (ZOAs)
Unlike "ordinary" animals, do individual colony polyps (in SPS/LPS) age and die?
There are corals that reproduce by continuous division (such as Acans and Favia), then there are others where a given polyp never splits in to (ZOAs)
Unlike "ordinary" animals, do individual colony polyps (in SPS/LPS) age and die?