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Consequently, the term "gorgonian coral" is commonly handed to multiple species in the order Alcyonacea that produce a mineralized skeletal axis (or axial-like layer) composed of calcite and the proteinaceous material gorgonin only and corresponds to only one of several families within the formally accepted taxon Gorgoniidae (Scleractinia).
Octocorallia (also known as Alcyonaria) is a class of Anthozoa comprising over 3,000 species [1] of marine organisms formed of colonial polyps with 8-fold symmetry. It includes the blue coral, soft corals, sea pens, and gorgonians (sea fans and sea whips) within three orders: Alcyonacea, Helioporacea, and Pennatulacea. [2]
Alcyonacea: Family: Gorgoniidae: Genus: Gorgonia Linnaeus, 1758 [1] Species 9 species (see text) Gorgonia is a genus of soft corals, sea fans in the family ...
Alcyonacea: Suborder: Holaxonia: Family: Gorgoniidae Lamouroux, 1812 [1] Genera; See text. Leptogorgia palma Gorgonia flabellum. Gorgoniidae is a family of soft ...
Paramuricea sp. Eunicea sp. Holaxonia is a suborder of soft corals, a member of the phylum Cnidaria. [1] Members of this suborder are sometimes known as gorgonians and include the sea blades, the sea fans, the sea rods and the sea whips.
Image of Gorgonian coral Muricella plectana with a well ... Acanthogorgiidae is a family of cnidarians belonging to the order Alcyonacea. [1] Genera: [1 ...
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Eunicella cavolini, commonly known as the yellow gorgonian or yellow sea whip, is a species of colonial soft coral in the family Gorgoniidae. It is native to parts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean , Mediterranean Sea and Ionian Sea where it is a common species.