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Fether black coral

Antipathes pennacea

Description:

Photo take at -70 ft in a Caribbean reef Is one of the most beautiful feather coral in the reef unfortunately is and Endangered Species

Habitat:

Mostly in coral reef formations, this coral like to live between 18 m - 50 m 60 ft-160 ft depth.

Notes:

Black coral is listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). For decades black coral fisherman´s has take this coral to made jewelry. Today is a protect species.

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2 Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Thanks Antonio

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 12 years ago

beautiful

Gerardo Aizpuru
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Gerardo Aizpuru

Pinar del Rio, Cuba

Spotted on Jan 15, 2012
Submitted on Jan 15, 2012

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