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    Gorgoniidae is a family of soft corals, a member of the subclass Octocorallia in the phylum Cnidaria. Nearly all the genera and species are native to...
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    Gorgonia ventalina (category Gorgoniidae)
    purple sea fan, is a species of sea fan, an octocoral in the family Gorgoniidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. G....
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    corresponds to only one of several families within the formally accepted taxon Gorgoniidae (Scleractinia). These can be found in order Malacalcyonacea (taxonomic...
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    Gorgonia (category Gorgoniidae)
    Gorgonia is a genus of soft corals, sea fans in the family Gorgoniidae. The World Register of Marine Species lists these species: Gorgonia clathrus Pallas...
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    Leptogorgia virgulata (category Gorgoniidae)
    whip or colorful sea whip, is a species of soft coral in the family Gorgoniidae. Leptogorgia virgulata is a colonial coral averaging about 20 cm (8 in)...
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  • Poritidae (Goniopora) families. Both soft coral species belonged to the Gorgoniidae family. The Union Environment Ministry and the Maharashtra Forest Department...
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    Nippled sea fan (category Gorgoniidae)
    papillosa (Esper, 1797), is a species of gorgonian sea fan in the family Gorgoniidae. This fan is short and pale cream to orange in colour. It grows upright...
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    Eunicella cavolini (category Gorgoniidae)
    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...
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    Eunicella verrucosa (category Gorgoniidae)
    gorgonian, is a species of colonial Gorgonian "soft coral" in the family Gorgoniidae. It is native to the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and the western Mediterranean...
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    Leptogorgia (category Gorgoniidae)
    Leptogorgia is a genus of soft coral in the family Gorgoniidae. The genus has a widespread distribution with members being found in the eastern Atlantic...
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    Sinuous sea fan (category Gorgoniidae)
    (Eunicella tricoronata) is a species of gorgonian sea fan in the family Gorgoniidae. This fan is flattened and has curving branches which all tend to grow...
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    Pseudopterogorgia (category Gorgoniidae)
    Pseudopterogorgia is a genus of soft coral sea fans in the family Gorgoniidae. http://species-identification.org v t e...
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    Palmate sea fan (category Gorgoniidae)
    (Leptogorgia palma) is a species of gorgonian sea fan in the family Gorgoniidae. This fan grows up to 2 meters in total height and is bright red. It...
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    Antillogorgia bipinnata (category Gorgoniidae)
    plume, is a species of colonial soft coral, a sea fan in the family Gorgoniidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea. It was first described as Pseudopterogorgia...
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    Whip fan (category Gorgoniidae)
    Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Octocorallia Order: Alcyonacea Family: Gorgoniidae Genus: Eunicella Species: E. albicans Binomial name Eunicella albicans...
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    Gorgonia mariae (category Gorgoniidae)
    is a species of sea fan, a sessile colonial soft coral in the family Gorgoniidae. It occurs in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea...
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  • There are 302 species of cnidarians (phylum Cnidaria) recorded in Ireland. The cnidarians' distinguishing feature is cnidocytes, specialized cells that...
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    Gorgonia flabellum (category Gorgoniidae)
    Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Octocorallia Order: Alcyonacea Family: Gorgoniidae Genus: Gorgonia Species: G. flabellum Binomial name Gorgonia flabellum...
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    Antillogorgia (category Gorgoniidae)
    Antillogorgia is a genus of soft coral, sea fans in the family Gorgoniidae. The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species: Antillogorgia...
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    Leptogorgia hebes (category Gorgoniidae)
    regal sea fan or false sea fan, is a species of soft coral in the family Gorgoniidae. It was formerly included in the genus Lophogorgia but that genus has...
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    eight-fold symmetry and in many species, especially in the families Gorgoniidae and Plexauridae, contain symbiotic photosynthetic algae called zooxanthellae...
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    Eunicella singularis (category Gorgoniidae)
    gorgonian, is a species of colonial soft coral, a sea fan in the family Gorgoniidae. It is found in the western Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea and Ionian...
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    for the richness of its waters. The seabed is prosperous in sponges, gorgoniidae, sabella spallanzanii and in fishes as grouper, sarago, conger, muraena...
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  • of coral. E. gorgoniicola live specifically with soft coral (family Gorgoniidae) and were originally isolated from a species of Plexaura, an octocoral...
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  • Leptogorgia festiva (category Gorgoniidae)
    Leptogorgia festiva is a species of gorgonian sea fan in the family Gorgoniidae. It has been recorded in the Caribbean Sea. "WoRMS - World Register of...
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    Hicksonella (category Gorgoniidae)
    Hicksonella is a genus of corals belonging to the family Gorgoniidae. The species of this genus are found in Malesia and Northern Australia. Species:...
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    Eunicella (category Gorgoniidae)
    Eunicella is a genus of coral in the family Gorgoniidae family. The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species: Leen van Ofwegen (2011)...
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    Leptogorgia sarmentosa (category Gorgoniidae)
    sarmentosa is a species of colonial soft coral, a sea fan in the family Gorgoniidae. It is native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the western Mediterranean...
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  • Leptogorgia capensis (category Gorgoniidae)
    Leptogorgia capensis is a species of sea fan in the family Gorgoniidae. It was described by Sydney John Hickson in 1900. It occurs on the coast of South...
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    Leptogorgia exigua (category Gorgoniidae)
    Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Class: Octocorallia Order: Alcyonacea Family: Gorgoniidae Genus: Leptogorgia Species: L. exigua Binomial name Leptogorgia exigua...
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