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Brain Coral: The Coral Reef Ecosystem

Everything about brain coral: the grooved brain coral Diploria labyrinthiformis, its labyrinthine polyp colonies, 900-year lifespans, mass spawning, zooxanthellae symbiosis, bleaching, and Caribbean reef decline.

Elkhorn Coral: Challenges Faced by a Vital Reef Species

Everything about elkhorn coral: size, habitat, wave-resistant branching, reproduction, White Band Disease, Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease, the 2023 Florida heatwave, and the restoration programs trying to save Acropora palmata from extinction.

Pillar Coral: Key Facts and Conservation

Everything about the pillar coral: spire-shaped colonies, daytime polyps, Caribbean range, SCTLD devastation, rescue breeding, and why Dendrogyra cylindrus sits on the brink of functional extinction.