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Sea Fans (76)

General description

Sea fans or also often called gorgonians are colonial marine animal forming erect, flattened, branching colonies in tropical and subtropical waters. They have a central internal skeleton, composed of a flexible, horny substance called „gorgonin“, supports all branches of the colony, and the living tissues form a layer over its entire surface. Colonies may be several feet high and are most often colorful, with purples, reds, and yellows predominating. Cylindrical sessile forms—that grow tog [Further read]ether in a flat, fanlike pattern. The individuals, or polyps, have six or eight feathery tentacles and feed on plankton organisms.

Acabaria(1), Acalycigorgia(1), Acanthogorgia(2), Annella(1), Anthogorgia(1), Antipatharia(1), Antipathella(1), Antipathes(2), Astrogorgia(1), Briareum(5), Cirrhipathes(1), Clathraria(1), Ctenocella(2), Diodogorgia(2), Ellisella(3), Erythropodium(1), Eugorgia(1), Eunicea(2), Eunicella(1), Euplexaura(3), Gorgonia(1), Iciligorgia(1), Isis(1), Junceella(1), Leptogorgia(1), Lophogorgia(1), Melithaea(1), Menella(1), Mopsella(1), Muricea(4), Muricella(1), Muriceopsis(2), Paramuricea(1), Pinnigorgia(2), Plexaura(2), Plexaurella(2), Plexauridae(1), Pseudoplexaura(2), Pseudopterogorgia(6), Pterogorgia(3), Rumphella(2), Subergorgia(1), Swiftia(2), Syphonogorgia(1), Thesea(1), Verucella(1)

Acabaria (1)

A. sp. 01

Gorgonia

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Acalycigorgia (1)

A. sp.

Blue Sea Fan

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Acanthogorgia (2)

A. sp.

Acanthogorgia sp.

A. sp. 01

Gorgonian

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Annella (1)

A. mollis

Giant Fan Coral

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Anthogorgia (1)

A. sp. 01

Blue Sea Fan

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Antipatharia (1)

A. sp.

Antipatharia sp.

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Antipathella (1)

A. wollastoni

Black coral

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Antipathes (2)

A. dichotoma

Black Coral

A. sp.

Black Coral

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Astrogorgia (1)

A. sp.

Astrogorgia sp.

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Briareum (5)

B. asbestinum

Corky Sea Finger

B. asbestinum 01

gorgonacea

B. hamrum

Green Star Polyp

B. sp. 01

Sea Rod Purple or Sea Stalk Briareum

B. stechei

Briareum stechei

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Cirrhipathes (1)

C. spiralis

Whip Coral

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Clathraria (1)

C. sp.

Clathraria sp.

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Ctenocella (2)

C. pectinata

Red whip coral

C. sp.

Ctenocella sp.

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Diodogorgia (2)

D. nodulifera

Red Finger Gorgonia

D. sp. 01

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Ellisella (3)

E. ceratophyta

Red Whip Coral

E. cercidia

Whip coral

E. sp. 01

Whip coral

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Erythropodium (1)

E. caribaeorum

Encrusting gorgonian

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Eugorgia (1)

E. sp.

Gorgonia

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Eunicea (2)

E. sp. 01

Tree Gorgonian

E. sp. 02

Caribbean Gorgonian

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Eunicella (1)

E. cavolini

Sea Fan

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Euplexaura (3)

E. sp. 01

sea fans

E. crassa

Soft Gorgonia

E. sp.

Sea Fan

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Gorgonia (1)

G. ventalina

Common sea fan

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Iciligorgia (1)

I. schrammi

Deepwater Sea Fan

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Isis (1)

I. hippuris

Isis hippurus

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Junceella (1)

J. fragilis

Sea Whips

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Leptogorgia (1)

L. sp. 01

Sea Spray or Sea whip

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Lophogorgia (1)

L. chilensis

Red Gorgonian

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Melithaea (1)

M. sp.

Red Sea Fan

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Menella (1)

M. sp.

Red sea fan

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Mopsella (1)

M. sp. 01

Gorgonian fan

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Muricea (4)

M. atlantica

Gorgonia

M. elongata

Caribbean Gorgonian

M. muricata

Venus Sea Fan

M. pinnata

Long spine sea fan

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Muricella (1)

M. plectana

gorgonian coral

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Muriceopsis (2)

M. flavida

Caribbean Gorgonians

M. sp. 01

Finger Sea Fan

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Paramuricea (1)

P. clavata

small polyped gorgonian

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Pinnigorgia (2)

P. flava

Sea Fan

P. sp.

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Plexaura (2)

P. flexuosa

Bent sea rod

P. homomalla

gorgonian

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Plexaurella (2)

P. dichotome

gorgonian coral

P. nutans

Gorgonia

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Plexauridae (1)

P. sp. red

Sea fan

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Pseudoplexaura (2)

P. porosa

Porous Sea Rod

P. sp. 01

Ultra Hardy Polyp

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Pseudopterogorgia (6)

P. acerosa

Gorgonian

P. americana

Slimy Sea Plume

P. bipinnata

Gorgonia

P. elisabethae

Gorgonian

P. sp. 01

Purple Sea Plume

P. sp. 02

Pseudopterogorgia gorgonians

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Pterogorgia (3)

P. anceps

Purple Ribbon Gorgonia or Sea Whip

P. citrina

Yellow sea whip

P. guadalupensis

Grooved blade sea whip

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Rumphella (2)

R. sp. 01

photosynthetic gorgonian

R. sp. 02

Gorgonia

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Subergorgia (1)

S. hicksoni-mollis

Giant gorgonian Sea Fan

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Swiftia (2)

S. exserta

Red Polyp Octocoral or Orange Tree Gorgonian

S. kofoidi

Red sea fan

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Syphonogorgia (1)

S. sp. 01

Soft Coral

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Thesea (1)

T. nivea

White Eye Sea Spray

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Verucella (1)

V. sp.

Verucella sp.

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