Although known as black corals because of the jewelry made from the blackskeleton of the corals, in the Gulf of Mexico these Antipatharians in the genusLeiopathes come in colors ranging from white, through peach to orange and red.
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Credit: Lophelia II 2010 Expedition, NOAA-OER/BOEMRE
Subject: Ocean exploration