Corallium rubrum (polished precious red coral) (offshore Morocco) 2 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Corallium rubrum (polished precious red coral) (offshore Morocco) 2 / James St. John
ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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説明 | Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus, 1758) - polished precious red coral from offshore Morocco. (specimen at left is ~2.3 centimeters across at its widest)Precious red coral (also known as the noble coral) is an attractive type of modern octocoral. Polished fragments have been used as organic gemstones for centuries. The skeleton is composed of 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, CorallidaeLocality: offshore Morocco |
撮影日 | 2023-11-01 14:58:58 |
撮影者 | James St. John |
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