What characteristic do corals possess that CLASSIFIES them a

What characteristic do corals possess that CLASSIFIES them as animals, and NOT any other kingdom?

Solution

1. Coral are herterotrophic animals , they cont prepare their own food like plants.

2.Corals have tiny tentacle-like arms that they use to capture their food from the water.

3.Corals are made up of with hundreds to thousands of tiny structural bodies called polyps.

Polyps secrete hard outer skeleton of limestone(calcium carbonate) which helps in attachment.

4. Life cycle is different from the other kingdoms.

5. Algae calle zooxanthellae ,these are plant like organisms. Corals are associated with such type of algae in symbiosis.