Staghorn coral is critically endangered. It can grow four feet tall and six feet in diameter. Its predators consist of nudibranchs, butterfly fish, and crown-of-thorn starfish. It’s endangered because of diseases like the white band and global warming which warms up the water. They live in Florida, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean.

They coral is colored because of algae that lives in its tissues. They feed on plankton and photosynthetic algae. In the late summer after a full moon the coral shoots sperm and egg into the water.

Why is it so specific with its reproduction?

How does it kill its prey?

Why is it shaped like this?