The widest-ever recorded coral on Australia’s Extensive Barrier Reef has been chanced on.

The monumental coral used to be chanced on off the waft of Goolboodi and measures an out of this world 10.4m/31.5 ft broad, making it 2.4 m/8ft wider than the 2d-widest coral ever recorded.

The coral, which has been named “Muga Dhambi” (Gargantuan coral) by the Manbarra participants, the ancestral custodians and guardians of the Palm Islands, is equally impressive in height. The coral is 5.3m/17.3ft monumental, making it the sixth-tallest coral ever measured on the Extensive Barrier Reef.

Scientific experiences that described the finding highlight the very fact that the coral appears to be to be in correct health, with 70% of it being made up of are residing coral. The say furthermore highlights the very fact that the coral is estimated to be between 421 and 438 years oldschool, which implies it predates the arrival of Europeans in Australia.

(Featured image credit: Nature.com)