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Coral collectionPart of a coral collection given to HM Queen Elizabeth II on behalf of the people of Queensland, Australia
Carboniferous limestone seaBridget Kempsters impression of a shallow coral Carboniferous (354 to 290 million years ago) limestone sea, depicting fish and an abundance of crinoids and coral
Halysites escharoides, tabulate coralIn this Silurian tabulate coral from Ohio Falls, USA, large numbers of tiny oval corallites are linked together to form chains
CoralsSpecimens of rough and polished coral from the collections of the Natural History Museum, London
Arachnophyllum, coralImage depicts an Arachnophyllum, a Silurian coral. Corals comprise a soft bodied animal called a polyp. Each polyp inhabits a calcareous skeleton called a corallum
Silurian mud-flowsAn impression of Silurian (443 to 417 million years ago) mud-flows, coral reefs and volcanoes, by Michael Copus
Coeloria labyrinthifor, fossil brain coralIn this polished section of a Miocene brain coral, from Antigua, long meandering corallites with thin septa form a dense meshwork. The specimen measures 8 cm across
Halysites a coralHalysites, a Silurian coral also known as a chain coral. Corals comprise a soft bodied animal called a polyp. Each polyp inhabits a calcareous skeleton called a corallum
Stylina alveolata, reef coralA reef building coral originating from Jurassic limestones in Europe, eastwards into Asia Minor, and also in the U.S.A
Cyathophyllum sp. rugose coralShown here is a section through a well preserved Devonian solitary, rugose coral from Devon, England. The maximum diameter is 6 cm
Specimens from the Cocos-Keeling AtolCoral specimens collected by Charles Darwin (1809-1882) during the Voyage of the Beagle in the Indian Ocean
Erythrina corallodendron, coral bean treePlate 189 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Erythrina corallodendron, coral treeIllustration from Plantarum Horti Medici Amstelodamensis (1706) by Caspar Commelin. Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)
Erythrina indica, Indian coral treeIlllustration from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Streptelasma, coralA horn coral, the solitary rugosan Streptelasma from the Ordovician of the USA, measuring almost 4 cm in length
Photograph of corals from the Yonge collectionPhotograph from the collection of Sir Charles Maurice Yonge (1899-1986) relating to the Great Barrier Reef Expedition (1927-1929), in the Archive of the Natural History Museum, London
Halysites, chain coralPart of a colony of the tabulate chain coral Halysites from the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden. The visible width of this specimen is 7 cm
Cyclomedusa from the latest Precambrian (Ediacaran) of South Australia. The slab of sandstone bearing this apparent jellyfish has a visible width of about 8cms
Septastraea forbesi, coralThis Pliocene coral from Maryland, USA is 10 cm long and is a fragment of a much larger colony
Erythrina folkersii, coral treePhotograph of Erythrina folkersii
Acropora, Worn coralThis specimen was collected by Charles Darwin in 1836 from Keeling Atoll, Indian Ocean
Imitation CoralA piece of imitation coral. In its true state coral is made up of colonies of small organisms called polyps
Periphylla periphylla, helmet jellyfishColoured drawing by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912), made on 1 August 1902 during the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic, 1901-1904. Jellyfish found in the McMurdo Strait
Notes made by DarwinOn a collection of coral specimens he collected during a study of reefs in 1836 at the Cocos Islands (formerly the Keeling Islands) in the Indian Ocean
Ancient Wrasse - Frontispiece from the AquariumFrontispiece from The Aquarium: an unveiling of the wonders of the deep sea by Philip Henry Gosse (1854). Annotated The Ancient Wrasse
Calliactis parasitica, parasitic anemone, Pagurus bernhardusPlate 4 from The Aquarium: an unveiling of the wonders of the deep sea by Philip Henry Gosse (1854)
Lithostrotion, coralShown here is a Carboniferous coral. Corals comprise a soft bodied animal called a polyp. Each polyp inhabits a calcareous skeleton called a corallum
Lonsdaleia, coralShown here is the Carboniferous coral, Lonsdaleia. Corals comprise a soft bodied animal called a polyp. Each polyp inhabits a calcareous skeleton called a corallum
Rough and polished coral specimensRough and polished pink and white coral specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London
Silurian seascape