Blue coral
Species of octocoral which produces a massive stony skeleton / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Blue coral (Heliopora coerulea) is a species of colonial coral. It is the only octocoral known to produce a massive skeleton.[3] This skeleton is formed of aragonite, similar to that of scleractinia. Individual polyps live in tubes within the skeleton and are connected by a thin layer of tissue over the outside of the skeleton.
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Blue coral | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Octocorallia |
Order: | Helioporacea |
Family: | Helioporidae |
Genus: | Heliopora |
Species: | H. coerulea |
Binomial name | |
Heliopora coerulea Pallas, 1766 | |
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