How to Use staghorn coral in a Sentence

staghorn coral

noun
  • Pairs of multibar angelfish, with their zebra-like stripes and bright yellow bellies, darted across a field of silvery staghorn coral.
    — Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Elkhorn and staghorn corals used to carpet Florida’s reef system, rising like antlers from the seabed — but not anymore.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • As the dead structures of elkhorn and staghorn coral get broken down by waves and algae, their absence will further scramble the state’s coastal ecosystems.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Meanwhile, environmental groups have been pushing to protect staghorn coral and queen conch nearby.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
  • Although that conclusion remains a subject of debate, the die-off of elkhorn and staghorn corals in Florida could bolster the argument.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
  • These crossbreeds may keep hope alive And while naturally conceived elkhorn and staghorn coral may soon be a thing of the past in Florida, reef restoration groups will keep breeding and replanting them.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • While this study focused on Florida, the 2023 heat wave has had a dramatic effect on elkhorn and staghorn corals across the Caribbean, outside researchers said.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In Florida, the 2023 heat wave erased decades of restoration projects for elkhorn and staghorn corals, including at sites where four years of intensive work had increased coral coverage by about four times.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Since the Ice Age, elkhorn and staghorn corals off Florida’s southern coast have been stacking their skeletons into elaborate, branching homes for parrotfish, eels and octopuses.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
  • That total includes hard corals of all sizes and species, including more than 40,000 colonies listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), such as staghorn corals.
    — Teresa Tomassoni, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2026
  • According to environmental nonprofit Miami Waterkeepers, threatened staghorn coral and queen conch inhabit an area near the Sand Bypass that is vulnerable to sediment plumes set off by the dredge.
    — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
  • Then last year, a study by Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium and the National Marine Fisheries Service also found millions of staghorn coral live in or near the channel, amounting to what might be the largest remaining wild stand of the endangered coral.
    — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Then last year, a study last year by Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium and the National Marine Fisheries Service also found millions of coral and a stand of staghorn coral live in or near the channel, amounting to what might be the largest remaining wild stand of threatened staghorn.
    — Jenny Staletovich, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026

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