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Family
Gorgoniidae
TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC
Gorgonia ventalina
COMMON SEA FAN
Common on reefs at any depth. Cortex purple, orange, or brown
with brown polyps, branchlets appear smooth since they are rounded or
slightly compressed in same plane as colony. The related Gorgonia
flabellum appears coarse since branchlets are compressed
perpendicular to the colony axis. Bermuda through Florida &
the Caribbean, excluding the Gulf of Mexico. |
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