Pillar Coral (Dendrogyra cylindricus)
Pillar coral Nervous System
The coral has the one of the simplest nervous systems out of any organism in the cnidaria phylum, or any phylum for that matter. The coral have no brain or centralization in their nervous system. What the coral do have is a scattered mesh of nerves that communicate every time they cross paths with one another. The coral do not necessarily have senses like humans do, but they can detect certain substances such as amino acids and sugars.
The coral has the one of the simplest nervous systems out of any organism in the cnidaria phylum, or any phylum for that matter. The coral have no brain or centralization in their nervous system. What the coral do have is a scattered mesh of nerves that communicate every time they cross paths with one another. The coral do not necessarily have senses like humans do, but they can detect certain substances such as amino acids and sugars.