Corallium rubrum (polished precious red coral) (Mediterranean Sea, offshore Italy) 2 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Corallium rubrum (polished precious red coral) (Mediterranean Sea, offshore Italy) 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 Italy. (specimen at top is ~1.7 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: Mediterranean Sea, offshore Italy |
| 撮影日 | 2023-11-01 15:03:47 |
| 撮影者 | James St. John |
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