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Lot 8102¤

Pipe Organ Coral

4 December 2005, 11:00 PST
Los Angeles

Sold for US$152.75 inc. premium

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Pipe Organ Coral

Tubipora musica
shallow reefs near Guadalcanal Island
Solomon Islands, South Pacific

This specimen, large for its type, has a distinctive deep red skeleton made of calcium carbonate consisting of a series of parallel tubes connected by horizontal sheets. The skeleton retains this deep red coloration permanently. Technically a “soft coral”, the polyps of organ-pipe coral have eight feathery tentacles, and are a green-brown to grey color. Organ-pipe coral is not considered a globally endangered species. Measuring 9 x 7 ½ x 4 ½ in.

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