Orange Gorgonian (Leptogorgia sarmentosa)

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Leptogorgia sarmentosa

(Esper, 1791)

Orange Gorgonian

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Taxonomy

Class

Octocorallia

Order

Malacalcyonacea

Family

Gorgoniidae

Other species in Gorgoniidae

Dry Sea Plume (Antillogorgia acerosa)

Antillogorgia acerosa

Dry Sea Plume

Common Sea Fan (Gorgonia ventalina)

Gorgonia ventalina

Common Sea Fan

Slimy Sea Plume (Antillogorgia americana)

Antillogorgia americana

Slimy Sea Plume

Wide-Mesh Sea Fan (Gorgonia mariae)

Gorgonia mariae

Wide-Mesh Sea Fan

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