Walking coral: Complex phototactic mobility in the free-living coral Cycloseris cyclolites (VIDEO)

PLOS

Caption

Super high-resolution time-lapse, captured using an Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II camera with a 60mm lens, showing passive mobility in C. cyclolites. The local water currents cause the coral to roll over the substrate.

Credit

Lewis et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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