it lives off its atoms and when sea urchins go to eat them and they drop a little piece then it gets covered by dirt and the dirt reproduce it
Yes it can. Coral can also reproduce asexually too
Coral is a marine invertebrate that lives in colonies in the ocean. Coral is both sexual and asexual and many coral colonies reproduce through budding.
Brain coral live mostly in the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Red Sea. These coral reproduce asexually, which means that they do not need and egg and sperm to reproduce.
External
It can't. But it might attract spawning coral from other reefs to settle on it.
Corals reproduce both sexually and asexually.
by laying 2-3 eggs in the summer
the reproduce of the corals so easy its repriduce in the algea.
Insects get food from flowers and help the flowers reproduce.
If you are reffering to Fungia, a genus of corals, its purpose is the same as all animals, to live, grow, and reproduce.
Usually during the month of November coral spawn in the Great Barrier Reef area, during night time. About 75% of all hermatypic corals "broadcast spawn" by releasing eggs.
Coral and algae (specifically the algae called zooxanthellae) have an intimate symbiotic relationship. The algae live inside the coral, and provide it with sugars and other photosynthesis byproducts. The coral provides the algae with nutrients for photosynthesis and a safe place to live and reproduce.