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What Animals Eat Coral?

In addition to weather, corals are vulnerable to predation. Fish, marine worms, barnacles, crabs, snails and sea stars all prey on the soft inner tissues of coral polyps.

What is coral eaten by?

When corals are babies floating in the plankton, they can be eaten by many animals. They are less tasty once they settle down and secrete a skeleton, but some fish, worms, snails and sea stars prey on adult corals. Crown-of-thorns sea stars are particularly voracious predators in many parts of the Pacific Ocean.
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