Are Corals Inverts Or Plants?

[Betta5]

Well this morning i had an argument with my boliogy teacher. She was saying they were plants and i said they were inverts. Was i wrong or does she need to re-sit her teaching exams. THanks
sean

 

[rhysiboy]

inverts i think. DEFIANTELY not plants but could be just a type of animal

 

[gouramigirl]

Corals are made up of polyps which are INVERTEBRATES each polyp is a seperate animal which is free swimming in it's larval stage, once it settles though it never moves again. Your teacher needs some serios biology lessons

 

[Betta5]

Yeah i knew i was right

 

[Donya]

Good greif! Any biologist should know what a coelenterate or cnidarian is, and therefore what a coral is. Get some textbook references and show it to the teacher; for the sake of future students, that sort of a whomping error shouldn't be left uncorrected in a science class.