In the Paracas National Reserve off the coast of Peru is home to a new member of genus Psammogorgia. Psammogorgia hookeri, named for its discoverer Dr. Yuri Hooker, is classified as a soft coral which means it does not produce the calcium carbonate skeleton of stony corals. It may also be the only one of its kind.
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