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Black Coral Living in the Gulf of Mexico

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Image: Black Coral Living in the Gulf of Mexico
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These 2- to 3-m-tall orange-colored, black coral trees (Leiopathes cf. glabberima) growing near Viosca Knoll in the Gulf of Mexico are among the oldest living organisms on Earth. 

 

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