Dry Sea Plume (Antillogorgia acerosa)

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Antillogorgia acerosa

(Pallas, 1766)

Dry Sea Plume

Also known as: Purple Sea Plume, Sea Plume, Smooth Sea Feather

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Taxonomy

Class

Octocorallia

Order

Malacalcyonacea

Family

Gorgoniidae

Where to find it

occasional

Dominica

Other species in Gorgoniidae

Gorgonia ventalina

Gorgonia ventalina

Common Sea Fan

Leptogorgia sarmentosa

Leptogorgia sarmentosa

Orange Gorgonian

Antillogorgia americana

Antillogorgia americana

Slimy Sea Plume

Gorgonia mariae

Gorgonia mariae

Wide-Mesh Sea Fan

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