1. Coral polyps
Coral polyps can live on there own but they can also live with limestone community, and reefs. Coral reefs can be the size of a pinhead and some can be as long as a foot in diameter. Coral reefs are found in over 100 countries. They grow best in waters temperature of between 21 and 29 degree Celsius 70 and 85 degree Fahrenheit. Coral polyps help the ecosystem by being food for other animals.
2. Crown-of-thorns Sea star
The crown-of-thorns is what eats the coral polyps. They can devastate reefs leaving just the calcium carbonate skeleton. This is what disrupts the ecosystem because how destructive there feeding is. They’re very long about half a meter in diameter. They are covered in sharps spines. That’s what protects them from animals and humans. The only things that eats these creatures are triton shells, painted-prawns, green triggerfish and napoleon wrasse. Since they don’t have that many predators population can become outrages.
3. Scarlet skunk cleaner Shrimp
The scarlet skunk cleaner can live in corals and be use to clean fish or the inside of the corals.They help the fish that visit or live in coral by cleaning it of parasites and helps prevent infections. These shrimps are very affect and valuable for the coral reefs and other fish.
4. Blue ringed Octopus
Blue ringed octopus start of small as a pea but can get to be as big as a golf ball. They also are yellow when they are sleep but when they wake up they start to warm up which makes them change colors. When it feels threaten the rings on its back starts to glow. There bite is so venomous that it can kill a person in minutes. There is no anit-venom it either.
5. Olive Sea snakes
The olive sea snake can be yellow or black and they live in the reef so they can blend in with their habitat. They also have to surface to get air so they don’t die. They can stay submerged for half an hour. Olive snakes can also close there nostrils while diving. They are also venomous which they can inject with the two fangs in their mouth. Olive snakes give birth in the water so they never need to come ashore.
6. Green Sea turtles
Green sea turtles can stay underwater for 2 hours because of their size they are capable of holding more oxygen than any or air-breath. They also live along the coral reef because there are a lot of plants for the sea turtle to eat.
7. Humphead Wrasses
Humphead are very opportunistic predators that prey on crustaceans, mollusk particularly gastropods. They also are known to prey on crown-of-thorns sea stars.
8. Parrotfish
They eat reefs which they use their teeth to grind it till they can get to the algae. They can change their gender and the colors throughout its life. Some of them can make a cocoon at night which protects them from animals while they sleep. The cocoon also hides it scent from other animals making it harder to find
- Dakota Walker