《自然》杂志上发表的一篇文章发现，垂直珊瑚可以使用其荧光吸引和捕获浮游动物。在过去，荧光已经与许多因素有关，从筛选有害辐射到促进珊瑚的光合作用，但是对于更深的生活，高度荧光标本，这两种理论都不太可能。中间性珊瑚在30-150米处发现的可能仍可以通过共生动物素来产生一些能量，但随着光的减小和向蓝色光谱的转移，它们越来越多地转向其他营养策略 - 猎物捕获。
O Ben-Zvi,林德曼,Y。,Eyal g等人使用rtemia and fluorescent orange and green cues versus clear cues in the lab. They found that for Brine shrimp at least, they were naturally drawn to the fluorescent cues versus clear ones, and fluorescent pigments that are excited by blue light. Mysids from the Red Sea were trialed next – a more natural prey item – and in tests, they were also drawn to green fluorescent pigments, only they avoided fluorescent orange. The team then set up an in-situ test at 40m depth and found that there, natural zooplankton assemblages including copepods were more attracted to fluorescent orange and green cues than a control, reflective cue.
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然后，该团队搬到了分支的蛙分珊瑚，尤普利利（现在的fimbriaphyllia）Paradivisa，也发现了40m。他们发现，在蓝光下发光时，绿色和黄色标本都比没有发光的红灯闪闪发光的浮游动物。但是他们还发现绿色天堂比黄色天堂般的浮游生物更多的浮游生物，这表现出了野外的黄色变体的较少体现。居住在深度的荧光珊瑚也更有可能在白天打开息肉和喂食，并且比非荧光示例的种类较浅，而且更明亮。
