CORAL INHABITANTS

Corals are one of most diverse ecosystems, complex interdependent food web
Supports 1000s of species
Some species support the reef while some attack and consume it (i.e. crown of thorns starfish)
Fish, corals, lobsters, oysters, clams, seahorses, sponges, sea turtles, crocodiles, dolphins, sea stars, sea urchins
Contain roughly a quarter of all marine life

Wear their environments on their back
Seaweed, sponges, algae attach to their satae (bristle structures coating their body)
Wear sea sponges like a hat
Went in opposite direction of complex camouflage evolution like that of cuttlefish and octopuses, instead simply pick up and wear parts of their environment to blend in with it as well as warn predators (aposematism)
Work smarter not harder
Different groups of the species like to decorate themselves in different ways: generalists, attach and switch decorations to whatever is most common in the area theyre currently inhabiting; others decorate themselves with their sources like small crustaceans, algae, sponges and bryozoans, aposematism approach of covering themselves in toxic plants and immobile animals (sea sponges, barnacles and stinging sea anemones) which they can then wield in defence
Known to form mutually beneficial relationships with sea anemones, i.e. amphiloba acades, the venomous anemone provide protection from predators

Filter feeders
Can process more than 6,000 litres of water an hour through their gills
Largest fish in the world, can grow to over 40 ft
Needs an environment that can sustain its tremendous appetite, coral reefs being a perfect place for just that
Often migrate to coral reefs around the world
Vaccum up anything in its path, and filters out whatever it doesn’t want to eat from there
300 teeth solely used to filter water