The Elegant Lace Coral feeds on microzooplankton, bacterial particulates, and small particulate organic matter. It needs a strong water movement and shade places.
Members of the order Anthoathecata are mostly colonial A-form hydroids. Life cycle: The zygote develops into planula inside the gonophore and is later released as an actinula which metamorphoses into polyp stage.
Similar species: Anthoathecata
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