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![]() ![]() As more and more polyps are added, a coral colony develops and eventually begins to reproduce. Once attached, they metamorphose into a coral polyp and begin to grow, dividing in half. ![]() If they are not eaten, they eventually settle to the ocean floor and attach to a hard surface. Mitochondria and other organelles must reproduce via binary fission before mitosis so each cell has ample. Binary fission also describes the duplication of organelles in eukaryotes. During binary fission, a single organism becomes two independent organisms. The object experiencing fission is usually a cell, but the term may also refer to how organisms, bodies, populations, or species split into discrete parts. Binary fission is the process through which asexual reproduction happens in bacteria. Once in the water, larvae ‘swim’ to the ocean surface. Fission, in biology, is the division of a single entity into two or more parts and the regeneration of those parts to separate entities resembling the original. In some areas, mass coral spawning events occur one specific night per year and scientists can predict when this will happen. For other corals, such as Elkhorn and Boulder corals, all of the polyps in a single colony produce only sperm and all of the polyps in another colony produce only eggs.Ĭoral larvae are either fertilized within the body of a polyp or in the water, through a process called spawning. In terms of sexual reproduction, some coral species, such as Brain and Star coral, produce both sperm and eggs at the same time. This may happen, for example, if a larger colony is broken off from the main colony during a storm or boat grounding. ![]() In fragmentation, an entire colony (rather than just a polyp) branches off to form a new colony. Through budding, new polyps “bud” off from parent polyps to form new colonies. Corals reproduce asexually by budding or fragmentation. ![]()
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