Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Octocorallia > Order Alcyonacea > Suborder Scleraxonia > Family Coralliidae > Genus Corallium

Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Corallium*	Cuvier, 1798	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: korali i kuq sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: cherven korаl; Червен корал sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Catalan: corall vermell

Dutch: bloedkoraal sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: precious coral; red coral sources: Hayward, P.J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Red Coral sources: english PESI focal point

German: Edelkoralle sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Κόκκινο κοράλι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: corallo rosso sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: raudonasis koralas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: koral czerwony sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: красный коралл sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: rdeča korala sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: coral rojo sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kırmızı mercan sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Корал червоний; Корал шляхетний; Червоний корал

Literature

basis of record	van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 104-105
additional source	Watling, L., P. Auster (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium, Erlangen, Germany, September 2003. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp 279-296.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (329 nucleotides; 209 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (399 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GBIF

Citation

van Ofwegen, L. (2014). Corallium rubrum (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125416