Corallium rubrum
Interest
Habitat forming species, impacted by warming induced mass mortality events and overharvesting Species used in jewelry
Distribution and origin of the sample
Mediterranean Sea (until 1,000 m depths) and neighboring Atlantic Ocean.
Principal investigator
Jean-Baptiste Ledoux. Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR)
Funding
Catalan Biogenome Project (CBP).
Links
https://www.icm.csic.es/en; https://www2.ciimar.up.pt/
Photography
Joaquim Garrabou