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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
[Nach Oben]
Acalycigorgia (1)
A. sp.
Blue Sea Fan
[Nach Oben]
Acanthogorgia (2)
A. sp.
Acanthogorgia sp.
A. sp. 01
Gorgonian
[Nach Oben]
Annella (1)
A. mollis
Giant Fan Coral
[Nach Oben]
Anthogorgia (1)
A. sp. 01
Blue Sea Fan
[Nach Oben]
Antipatharia (1)
A. sp.
Antipatharia sp.
[Nach Oben]
Antipathella (1)
A. wollastoni
Black coral
[Nach Oben]
Antipathes (2)
A. dichotoma
Black Coral
A. sp.
Black Coral
[Nach Oben]
Astrogorgia (1)
A. sp.
Astrogorgia sp.
[Nach Oben]
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
[Nach Oben]
Cirrhipathes (1)
C. spiralis
Whip Coral
[Nach Oben]
Clathraria (1)
C. sp.
Clathraria sp.
[Nach Oben]
Ctenocella (2)
C. pectinata
Red whip coral
C. sp.
Ctenocella sp.
[Nach Oben]
Diodogorgia (2)
D. nodulifera
Red Finger Gorgonia
D. sp. 01
[Nach Oben]
Ellisella (3)
E. ceratophyta
Red Whip Coral
E. cercidia
Whip coral
E. sp. 01
Whip coral
[Nach Oben]
Erythropodium (1)
E. caribaeorum
Encrusting gorgonian
[Nach Oben]
Eugorgia (1)
E. sp.
Gorgonia
[Nach Oben]
Eunicea (2)
E. sp. 01
Tree Gorgonian
E. sp. 02
Caribbean Gorgonian
[Nach Oben]
Eunicella (1)
E. cavolini
Sea Fan
[Nach Oben]
Euplexaura (3)
E. sp. 01
sea fans
E. crassa
Soft Gorgonia
E. sp.
Sea Fan
[Nach Oben]
Gorgonia (1)
G. ventalina
Common sea fan
[Nach Oben]
Iciligorgia (1)
I. schrammi
Deepwater Sea Fan
[Nach Oben]
Isis (1)
I. hippuris
Isis hippurus
[Nach Oben]
Junceella (1)
J. fragilis
Sea Whips
[Nach Oben]
Leptogorgia (1)
L. sp. 01
Sea Spray or Sea whip
[Nach Oben]
Lophogorgia (1)
L. chilensis
Red Gorgonian
[Nach Oben]
Melithaea (1)
M. sp.
Red Sea Fan
[Nach Oben]
Menella (1)
M. sp.
Red sea fan
[Nach Oben]
Mopsella (1)
M. sp. 01
Gorgonian fan
[Nach Oben]
Muricea (4)
M. atlantica
Gorgonia
M. elongata
Caribbean Gorgonian
M. muricata
Venus Sea Fan
M. pinnata
Long spine sea fan
[Nach Oben]
Muricella (1)
M. plectana
gorgonian coral
[Nach Oben]
Muriceopsis (2)
M. flavida
Caribbean Gorgonians
M. sp. 01
Finger Sea Fan
[Nach Oben]
Paramuricea (1)
P. clavata
small polyped gorgonian
[Nach Oben]
Pinnigorgia (2)
P. flava
Sea Fan
P. sp.
[Nach Oben]
Plexaura (2)
P. flexuosa
Bent sea rod
P. homomalla
gorgonian
[Nach Oben]
Plexaurella (2)
P. dichotome
gorgonian coral
P. nutans
Gorgonia
[Nach Oben]
Plexauridae (1)
P. sp. red
Sea fan
[Nach Oben]
Pseudoplexaura (2)
P. porosa
Porous Sea Rod
P. sp. 01
Ultra Hardy Polyp
[Nach Oben]
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
[Nach Oben]
Pterogorgia (3)
P. anceps
Purple Ribbon Gorgonia or Sea Whip
P. citrina
Yellow sea whip
P. guadalupensis
Grooved blade sea whip
[Nach Oben]
Rumphella (2)
R. sp. 01
photosynthetic gorgonian
R. sp. 02
Gorgonia
[Nach Oben]
Subergorgia (1)
S. hicksoni-mollis
Giant gorgonian Sea Fan
[Nach Oben]
Swiftia (2)
S. exserta
Red Polyp Octocoral or Orange Tree Gorgonian
S. kofoidi
Red sea fan
[Nach Oben]
Syphonogorgia (1)
S. sp. 01
Soft Coral
[Nach Oben]
Thesea (1)
T. nivea
White Eye Sea Spray
[Nach Oben]
Verucella (1)
V. sp.
Verucella sp.
[Nach Oben]
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