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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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