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Leiopathes glaberrima

  • ... that colonies of the black coral Leiopathes glaberrima can live for over four thousand years? Source: "Marine researchers determined that another deep-sea coral colony in Hawaii—this one a black coral (Leiopathes sp.)—was about 4,265 years old. These coral colonies are the oldest marine organisms on record."
    • ALT1:... that with an age of 4265 years, a colony of the black coral Leiopathes glaberrima is the oldest living organism in the sea yet recorded?

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Hanberke (talk). Nominated by Cwmhiraeth (talk) at 06:38, 27 June 2017 (UTC).

  • Symbol confirmed.svg Article new enough and long enough. Free of any copyright violations that I can find. Neutrally written (FWIW; this is a coral...) reliably sourced in all the necessary places. Hook is interesting: I've tweaked the original hook, which I strongly prefer, so there's no questions about complying with the source. No pictures used. QPQ completed. Good to go. Vanamonde (talk) 06:27, 30 June 2017 (UTC)