What does great star coral eat?

Answer 1

The coral reefs off Australia and Thailand demonstrate the complexity of this problem. Apparently, excess nutrients there resulted in the growth of plants favored by the crown-of-thorns starfish. That species proliferated. This starfish also eats coral in very high amounts. Obviously a large number of them can destroy a reef in a relatively short time span. Algae are in a symbiotic relationship with coral. Parrotfish, butterfly fish, angelfish, sea slugs, snails, worms and the crown-of-thorns starfish all eat corals.

members of the scaridae family of fish, carracterised by grinding pharyngeal jaws and a distinctly shaped head, eat algae off the coral on coral reefs, and certain species actually bite the coral and grind it up to consume the plant based algae within the coral, other species scrape the coral off the outside. there are many species of this family within coral reefs, examples include the brightly coloured parrot fish and massive buffalo fish

Answer 2

The Crown of Thorns starfish is an example of a species of starfish that devours the corals that build the reef. This can be very detrimental to the reef if unchecked. However, they are preyed upon by a giant snail called the triton snail.

Answer 3

Star corals are eaten by a number of different types of aquatic life. Sea slugs, snails, various fish such as butterfly or angelfish, and worms all eat star coral.

Answer 4

A crown of thorns starfish/seastar eats and destroys coral

Answer 5

zoo plankton and phito plankton