Deep water coral reef

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007495",
  "term": "Deep water coral reef",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Deep Water Coral Reef",
  "definition": "Reefs formed by deepwater azooxanthellate (i.e., lacking symbiotic algae), stony corals (Order Scleractinia). Aggregations of these colonial corals can form structures that range from small patch reefs that are several meters across, to large reefs and giant carbonate mounds up to 300 meters high and several kilometers in diameter; these reefs form over many thousands to millions of years.",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "Roberts, Wheeler, and Freiwald 2006; Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/deep-water-coral-reef/"
}