Pristine Soft Coral Reef with flourishing marine life_03

Corals look like plants or rocks but they are in fact a whole colony of animals. They don't make their own food, as plants do. They are beacons of biodiversity that house over a quarter of all marine species and provide food and livelihoods to more than half a billion people worldwide. 
 
Extinction Risk: Decreasing to Vulnerable
Scientific Name: Acropora sp.
Scientific Name: Acropora muricata
Scientific Name: Turbinaria sp.
Scientific Name: Pocillopora meandrina
Scientific Name: Symphyllia sp.
Scientific Name: Heliopora coerulea
Scientific Name: Alcyoniidae family
Scientific Name: Gorgoniidae family