sea fan
A branching form of coral found in colonies mostly in warm shallow waters around coral reefs; body supported by a skeleton formed from horny protein-like material; growth typically 2-dimensional, producing a fan-like colony. (Phylum: Cnidaria. Order: Gorgonacea.)
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Iciligorgia schrammi |
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A sea fan is a form of sessile colonial cnidarian, similar to a sea pen or a soft coral, found in tropical and subtropical seawater.
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