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Gorgoniidae

4 species · Animals

Animalia › Cnidaria › Anthozoa › Malacalcyonacea › Gorgoniidae

Gorgonia ventalina, the purple sea fan, is a fan-shaped Atlantic Caribbean colonial coral with notable ecological traits and disease interactions.

Leptogorgia sarmentosa is a gorgonian coral with a tree-like shape, found in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean seas.

Leptogorgia virgulata is a colonial octocoral found in the western Atlantic, known for chemical anti-fouling defenses and ecological associations.

Leptogorgia palma is a slow-growing, endemic South African bright red sea fan eaten by two crustacean and mollusk species.

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