Corallium rubrum (precious red coral) 1 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Corallium rubrum (precious red coral) 1 / James St. John
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説明 | 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 |
撮影日 | 2010-06-11 12:14:32 |
撮影者 | James St. John |
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