Some coral "walk" towards blue or white light, using rolling, sliding or pulsing movements to migrate, per experiments with free-living mushroom coral Cycloseris cyclolites ...

Mushroom corals ‘walk’ towards light, float like jellyfish via pulsed inflation: Study. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra. Thu, January 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM UTC. 3 min read.

But scientists have observed a free-living mushroom coral, Cycloseris cyclolites, actively “walking” toward blue light waves in a way that’s reminiscent of the pulsed swimming motion of ...

A new study has found that the free-living mushroom coral responds to specific types of light by “walking” towards it, suggesting remarkable adaptability in the marine species.. Not all corals ...