- 4 March 2014 7. What are the little black worms that get into houses at this time of year? They are about 5 to 8 cms long and usually come in at night. They crawl around for a while (sometimes up the wall) and then die. If disturbed, they curl into a tight spiral.
These are: Major regions of coral reef development. (1) The Indo-Pacific-Includes most of the Indian Ocean (excluding the Red Sea), and the western Pacific. (2) The Wider Caribbean (tropical western Atlantic) - Includes Florida, The Bahamas, Caribbean Sea proper, and coastal waters off northeastern S. America.
A coral reef is like a sea rainforest. Corals are colonies made up of polyps, small animals with a maximum diameter of 2.5 cm (1 in). The soft polyp is linked to its neighbor through living tissue covered by mucus.During the day, the corals look like stones, because the polyps retire into their skeletons.here are about 350 species of reef making corals, amazing through shapes, sizes and colors. The coral branches may take various shapes, from moose or deer antlers, to trees, columns, tables, umbrella, mushrooms, as their names suggest.