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the bottom of the ocean, possibly wrapping its prehensile tail around gorgonian corals.

shown that measurements of the gorgonin and calcite within species of gorgonia can be useful in paleoclimatology and paleoceanography.

sponges, black corals and gorgonians, and this behaviour may be a defence mechanism against predators.

In Taiwan, it is the most widespread gorgonian coral and is found on the higher parts of reef fronts where its numerous.

Nemanthus annamensis, commonly known as the gorgonian wrapper, is a species of sea anemone found in central Indo-Pacific waters.

Leptogorgia festiva is a species of gorgonian sea fan in the family Gorgoniidae.

Erythropodium caribaeorum, commonly known as the encrusting gorgonian or encrusting polyps, is a species of soft coral in the family Anthothelidae.

Coral types include "various species of stony and gorgonian coral".

Swiftia is a genus of gorgonian-type octocorals in the family Plexauridae.

embryos grow into larvae that later sink to a substrate surface, like gorgonian coral.

They can include tiny shrimp, algae, gravel, decorative shells, and gorgonia.

The gorgonian twig coral (Homphyton verrucosum) is a species of gorgonian sea fan in the family Anthothelidae.

Venus fan, Venus sea fan, common sea fan, West Indian sea fan, and purple gorgonian seafan, is a species of sea fan, a sessile colonial soft coral.