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Precious coral

Its distribution and ecology is the same as Corallium japonicum except it is found at shallower depths. The coenenchyme is thick and white but the tip of the coral has a scarlet color and the skeleton is white. It has the largest polyps amongst three species.

Scientific name Pleurocorallium konojoi
English name Precious coral

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