Researchers Discover 4,000-Year-Old Coral Species Near Hawaii

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By Yale Environment 360Jul 6, 2015, 12:20 pm75 pts
A newly discovered species of coral found in deep ocean waters near Hawaii can live to be more than Leiopathes annosa, a new coral species 4,000 years old, making it the longest-living marine species ever known, scientists report in the journal Zootaxa. The new species, known as Leiopathes annosa, is a type of…

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