It is thigmotropism because it is not affected by gravity or light.
Bacteria is the first organism to inhabit a corpse.
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The first thing to look at would be type of symmetry the organism exhibits. If it is asymmetrical then it would be a sponge and the discovery could stop right there. If not, other characteristics need to be investigated.
Knowing the type of body cavity this organism has would be helpful.
It would also be beneficial to know what type of skeleton (endo or exo) this organism has and what its appendages look like.
Finally, the type of digestive tract and the presence or absence of a head would help to determine what this creature is.
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Generally both theses two region are similar in the concentration of salt water they contain(both have salt water) and both have hard surfaces.
However, the Coral reefs are usually warm, with sunny environment. It is always submerged,( always covered by water), and very shallow.Complex animals of the aquatic bodies are in the coral reef from varieties of fishes, (shark, rayfish to sponges, etc,. These animals compete for space.
The intertidal zone, one of the three zones, of a typical reefs,is a marine shoreline with constant exposure to air.Hence always above water,unlike Coral reefs.
The continuous fluctuation in tides always change the intertidal zone. Due to constant aeration fro tides, varieties of animals like sea urchins,sea-stars, limpets fished and diverse phyla of species populated this environment,