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Rare black coral discovered off the coast of Green Island (2014/02/18)

A diving instructor from Taitung recently discovered a rare type of black coral off the coast of Green Island. Lin Ming-sheng was just over a hundred meters below the surface when he obtained footage of this astonishing find. 

In this barren, underwater land, where there seems to be little color other than the blue sea and sandy white floor, a white, translucent coral is seen. Diving instructor Lin Ming-sheng discovered it when deep-sea diving off Mati Bridge.

Lin captured video of this moment because it was the first time he had ever seen this type of coral. The Academia Sinica has confirmed that it is a type of black coral never before seen in Taiwan.

Lin Ming-sheng
Diving Instructor
When I looked at it, I knew it was special.

Black coral, which gets its name from the black or dark brown color of its skeleton, is the oldest group of coral in the world. There are about 250 known species. The colony Lin found was 50 centimeters high and 30 centimeters wide. He did not take a specimen, so scientists do not know if it’s a known species or a newly discovered one.

綠島黑珊瑚

台灣外海有了新發現。台東一位潛水教練林銘聲，最近在綠島馬蹄橋外海，深104公尺的海底深潛時，拍攝到台灣第一次發現的黑珊瑚。

海底相機拍下，一片平坦的白砂中，這株白色帶點透明的珊瑚，是潛水教練林銘聲，日前在綠島馬蹄橋外海深潛時，意外的發現！

第一次見到這種珊瑚，林銘聲趕緊拍下影片，經過中研院鑑定後，研判這是台灣從沒發現過的黑珊瑚類。

[[資深潛水教練 林銘聲]]
“那是一個一看就很特殊的(珊瑚)”

骨骼為黑或咖啡色而得名的黑珊瑚，是全世界最古老的珊瑚品種，目前發現的種類有250種，而台灣這株高50公分寬30公分，但因為沒有採到標本，目前無法確認是已知或是新品種。

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