Red coral
Corallium rubrum
Category: Soft Corals
IUCN Conservation Status: EN - Endangered - facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Octocorallia
- Order
- Scleralcyonacea
- Family
- Coralliidae
- Genus
- Corallium
Where to Find
Found in 22 diving areas across 11 countries and 1 regions.
- Ksamil, Albania - 1 records
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 7 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 3 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 2 records
- Paphos & Coral Bay, Cyprus - 1 records
- Corsica, France - 176 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 160 records
- Alonissos Marine Park, Greece - 13 records
- Dodecanese, Greece - 1 records
- Halkidiki, Greece - 24 records
- Zakynthos & Ionian Islands, Greece - 1 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 54 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 482 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 224 records
- Ustica, Italy - 3 records
- Comino, Malta - 9 records
- Gozo, Malta - 9 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 6 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 4 records
- Medes Islands, Spain - 153 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 10 records
- Kas & Kekova, Turkey - 1 records