Corail rouge, Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus, 1758)🪼

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SpeciesScleralcyonaceaCoralliidae
Cnidarians

🪼Precious coral

Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Precious coral, or red coral, is the common name given to a genus of marine corals, Corallium. The distinguishing characteristic of precious corals is their durable and intensely colored red or pink-orange skeleton, which is used for making jewelry.

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Corallium rubrum, Red coral
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vörös nemeskorall (hu), مرجان (ar), corall vermell (ca), Edelkoralle (de), Corallium rubrum (es), Corail rouge (fr) … and 21 more languages
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