A small pore or opening at the tip or extremity of a coral branch where the coral polyp extends.
From Greek akron (tip, extremity) + poros (pore, passage), a botanical/zoological term describing microscopic structures on coral.
Tiny as they are, these acropores are how coral polyps catch plankton—thousands of little mouths opening on a single coral branch.
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