This “golden tree” coral was too strange for any known family

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: ScienceDaily

What happened

A brilliant yellow coral discovered off Costa Rica proved so unusual that scientists had to create an entirely new family to classify it.

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  • Reported by ScienceDaily and published Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:18:54 UTC.

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