- and
community structure.
Corallivores feed on
coral using a
variety of
unique adaptations and strategies.
Known corallivores include certain mollusks...
-
Evoplosoma voratus is a
species of deep sea
corallivores (preys on deep-sea corals). This
species in
particular is
found in
seamounts in the
North Pacific...
-
limestone skeletal material of
marine organisms. Often, this is due to
corallivores, such as parrotfish,
which excrete sand
after digestion. However, the...
- tunicates, gorgonians, and hydrozoans; and some
species eat
corals (
corallivores). It is the
latter two
habits which have
largely precluded the introduction...
- 180 m (590 ft),
butterflyfish stick to
particular home ranges.
These corallivores are
especially territorial,
forming pairs and
staking claim to a specific...
- with over-use of some
areas has led to an
increase in the
abundance of
corallivores such as
Drupella snails and the crown-of-thorns
starfish around the island...
-
Evoplosoma claguei is a
species of deep sea
corallivores (preys on deep-sea corals). This
species in
particular is
found in
seamounts in the
North Pacific...
- feed
extensively on
living coral (polyps). None of
these are
exclusive corallivores, but
polyps can make up as much as half
their diet or even more in the...
- Bawe is
solely a
tourist destination. Mallon, Rachael. "A
study of
corallivores of Bawe and
Chumbe Islands, Zanzibar." (2010). [1]
Archived June 7, 2009...
- the
Hippasterinae (Goniasteridae; Asteroidea):
systematics of deep sea
corallivores,
including one new
genus and
three new species".
Zoological Journal of...
