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Sulphur Leather Coral

Rhytisma fulvum

Classification

Rhytisma fulvum, the sulphur leather coral, is a species of colonial soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae. It is native to shallow reefs in the Red Sea and the Indo-Pacific region. It was first described by the Swedish naturalist Peter Forsskål in 1775.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 4