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Name:
Common name:
Eunicella spec. → Black horn coral
Family / Genus / Binom / Author:
Eunicellidae → Eunicella → Eunicella spec. → Verrill, 1869
Protection status:
Location:
Indo-Pacific / Philippines
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Weight:
The group of horn corals (gorgonians, sea fans), which includes about 1200 known species, hides a polyphyletic group of different stick-forming polyps, whose skeleton mostly consists of the elastic gorgonine and lime. This skeleton is covered by a periostracum in which the individual polyps are embedded. Some species have been proven to occur at depths of up to 4000 meters.
