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Bubble Gum Coral
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

Bubble Gum Coral

Paragorgia arborea

Paragorgia arborea is a species of coral in the family Paragorgiidae, commonly known as the bubblegum coral. It grows in depths between 200 metres (660 ft) and 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) at temperatures between 2 °C (36 °F) and 8 °C (46 °F). It is found widespread in the northern Atlantic Ocean including on seamounts and knolls, and was first described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 460092.