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Precious coral

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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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