The findings offer the baseline values that can be utilized to judge if nursery-reared staghorn corals have sufficiently strong skeletons for the wild and to match them to regions with environmental situations that optically suit their skeleton strength. The name staghorn coral came from the antler-like shape of its branches, which generates a complex underwater habitat for reef organisms and fish. It is mainly found in shallow waters close to Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Florida Keys, and other Caribbean islands but has dropped by over 97% since the 1980s. Even though restoration efforts through transplanted, nursery-reared coral are on-going, investigators continue to work to raise their success rate.