how many types of coral are there?

[brandoniscool]

Hi my name is Kayla. I am in 3rd grade. I was wondering if there are lots of types of coral, because they are lots of fun to take care of and I would like to know more about them. Thank you for your support! :spin1:

[JackandJill]

A whole bunch. :P but really... A whole whole bunch

[MondoBongo]

"coral" encompasses a HUGE class of animals called Anthozoa.

inside this class are many other families, orders, and subclasses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral

including the calcerous, reef building, coral family Scleractinia. which contains many of the animals people would commonly think of when you say the word "coral".