Back مرجان أزرق عادي Arabic مرجان ازرق عادى ARZ Heliopora coerulea Bulgarian Corall blau Catalan Heliopora coerulea CEB Blaue Koralle German Heliopora coerulea Spanish Heliopora coerulea Estonian مرجان کبود Persian Heliopora coerulea French
| Blue coral | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Scleralcyonacea |
| Family: | Helioporidae |
| Genus: | Heliopora |
| Species: | H. coerulea
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| Binomial name | |
| Heliopora coerulea Pallas, 1766
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Blue coral (Heliopora coerulea) is a species of colonial coral. It is the only octocoral known to produce a massive skeleton.[3] This skeleton is formed of aragonite, similar to that of scleractinia. Individual polyps live in tubes within the skeleton and are connected by a thin layer of tissue over the outside of the skeleton.
- ^ Obura, D.; Fenner, D.; Hoeksema, B.; Devantier, L.; Sheppard, C. (2008). "Heliopora coerulea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T133193A3624060. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T133193A3624060.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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- ^ Barnes, Robert D. (1982). Invertebrate Zoology. Philadelphia, PA: Holt-Saunders International. p. 169. ISBN 0-03-056747-5.
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