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Family Gorgoniidae

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Pseudopterogorgia americana

Big Pine Key, Florida, 10 feet

SLIMY SEA PLUME

Common on reefs at any depth.  Cortex produces copious mucus, purple with brown polyps.  Attains height of at least 3 feet, pinnate (feather-like) branch pairs usually arranged opposite each other.  Tropical Western Atlantic.