Elkhorn Coral Predators
Coral restoration projects in the usvi identify declining or degraded reef sites and.
Elkhorn coral predators. Elkhorn coral acropora palmata is a prominent caribbean reef building coral although current populations are still struggling to recover from white band disease. Elkhorn coral structures are actually colonies of several genetically identical animals living together. Before the oceans most iconic predators disappear. Elkhorn coral is one of the most important corals in the caribbean.
It along with staghorn coral and star corals boulder lobed and mountainous. Elkhorn coral epinephelus striatus. When predators are nearby. Coral reefs are the most eye catching ecosystems in the ocean.
What many do not know is that the majestic colorful coral not only attracts the human eye. Predators of elkhorn coral include coral eating snails coralliophila abbreviata polychaetes such as the bearded fireworm and damselfish. Elkhorn coral is. Elkhorn coral rely on their excreted coral bodies to retract into and hide from predators.