9 days ago · Costa Rica
This “golden tree” coral was too strange for any known family
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What we know
A brilliant yellow coral discovered off Costa Rica proved so unusual that scientists had to create an entirely new family to classify it. The meter-tall colonies rise from seafloors covered in brittle stars, inspiring the Tolkien-inspired name Laurinque elenya, or “golden tree of the stars.”
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This “golden tree” coral was too strange for any known family
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