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Red Coral Tree

Primnoa resedaeformis

Classification

Gorgonin is a flexible scleroprotein which provides structural strength to gorgonian corals, a subset of the order Alcyonacea. Gorgonian corals have supporting skeletal axes made of gorgonin and/or calcite. Gorgonin makes up the joints of bamboo corals in the deep sea, and forms the central internal skeleton of sea fans.

Distribution

(c) Pål A. Olsvik, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Norway · 3,780Canada · 3