Feeding Corals

Introduction

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A study of Galaxea fascicularis found that 98.6% of prey captured by a polyp was not ingested, rather clustered into aggregates and digested externally using the mesenterial filaments. Therefore, they play a very important role in the processing of nutrients for the corals and the majority of nutrients obtained come from external digestion, rather than particles ingested and processed internally.

Gallery

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  Tubastraea faulkneri consuming a frozen mysis shrimp.

Resources

• Reef Food by Eric Borneman - Reefkeeping Magazine
• From the Food of Reefs to the Food of Corals by Eric Borneman - Reefkeeping Magazine
• Coral Feeding III - by Andrew Trevor Jones.

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