I think Your answer is false.
Answer:
A mass
Explanation:
I learned it in 8th grade.
Coral reefs are built by coral polyps as they secrete layers of calcium carbonate beneath their bodies. And inside each coral poly lives single-celled algae called zooxanthellae. So basically in simplistic terms, coral polys create coral reefs and algae is in coral polys which also goes into coral reefs when they are made.