Hi, someone could help me in the identification of this coral sps. I found it in a rocky shore in Visakhapatnam coast along with seaweeds). Thank ou very much
You have to give a few more infos. Is it solid (calcareous) or flexible (horny) ?
Can you make a close-up of the tip of one of the branches ?
For me it does NOT look like a coral.....
Hello Muddula KRISHNA Naranji
The pigmentation matches that of Corallium rubrum, but not the branching patterns nor the appearance on the whole, at least based on the uploaded images.
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the question is: can you see little holes on the surface (coralites, where the polyps sit) ??
There are warty outgrowth breaking the outline but cannot be certain that those ever housed polyps. Many gorgonians have similar budding structures too, as well as coralline algae.
Coralline algae have a very crustose/coriaceous texture; predominantly calcium carbonate encrusted
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