Orange Gorgonian (Leptogorgia sarmentosa)

Invertebrateverified

Leptogorgia sarmentosa

(Esper, 1791)

Orange Gorgonian

Verified againstWoRMS

Taxonomy

Class

Octocorallia

Order

Malacalcyonacea

Family

Gorgoniidae

Other species in Gorgoniidae

Antillogorgia acerosa

Antillogorgia acerosa

Dry Sea Plume

Gorgonia ventalina

Gorgonia ventalina

Common Sea Fan

Antillogorgia americana

Antillogorgia americana

Slimy Sea Plume

Gorgonia mariae

Gorgonia mariae

Wide-Mesh Sea Fan

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