I agree. Food sticks to the polyps because cells on the polyps contract or whatever to make them sticky, then they retract into the skeleton to 'eat' it.
So in the mildest definition of "prey" I would agree that they do.
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Originally Posted by reef_raf
Predators prey on food, "prey" defined as such...To hunt, catch, or eat as prey.
so yes, SPS do catch food and therefore are predators.
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