Gorgonia mariae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Malacalcyonacea
- Family
- Gorgoniidae
- Genus
- Gorgonia
- Species
- Gorgonia mariae
- Scientific Name
- Gorgonia mariae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Gorgonia mariae
Gorgonia mariae, commonly known as the wide-mesh sea fan, 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 at depths down to about 50 m (160 ft).
...Gorgonia mariae in languages:
- English
- Wide-mesh Sea Fan
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