Photoreceptors in the cnidarian hosts allow symbiotic corals to sense blue moonlight

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Systematic and Biogeographical Patterns in the Reproductive Biology of Scleractinian Corals (2009, background): “Furthermore, corals can detect low levels of lunar irradiance (Gorbunov & Falkowski 2002) and possess blue light–sensing proteins that maintain circadian rhythms in insects and vertebrates (Levy et al. 2007).”
Reproduction of Cnidaria (2002, background): “An example of a study concerned expressly with reef-forming scleractinians that participate in mass-spawning events is that of Gorbunov and Falkowski (2002).”
Seasonal reproduction in equatorial reef corals (2005, background): “, those that define the night and time of spawning) (Babcock, 1984; Hunter, 1988; Gorbunov and Falkowski, 2002), the distal proximate cues (i.”
Photoreceptors of cnidarians (2002, background): “Within the Anthozoa, many sea anemones, corals, and sea pens show distinct behavioral responses to light, including phototaxis, expansion and contraction, and spawning (Fleure and Walton 1907; Parker 1918; Batham and Pantin 1950, 1954; North 1957; North and Pantin 1958; Mori 1960; Mori and Tanase 19”
Pelagic conditions affect larval behavior, survival, and settlement patterns in the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata (2006, background): “This leaves the presence of photosensitive organs or cells as the most parsimonious explanation (Gorbunov & Falkowski 2002).”