File:Corallium rubrum (red coral) 1 (15691074776).jpg
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Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus, 1758) - red coral (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA). The red coral (a.k.a. precious coral; noble coral) is a spectacular example of modern octocoral. Polished fragments have been used as organic gemstones. The skeleton is aragonite (CaCO3), mixed with reddish-colored organic compounds. Corallium rubrum occurs in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Classification: Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Gorgonacea, Corallidae |
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| Author | James St. John |
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