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| Bob Fenner |
Pseudopterygorgia americana |
Genus Pseudopterygorgia:
Williams and Chen (2012), transferred all the Atlantic
species of Pseudopterogorgia to Antillogorgia
| Antillogorgia sp., Sea Plumes. Tall (to
seven feet), bushy plumes of branches that are pinnately branching
in single planes. Often purple, other times brown to yellowish.
Tobago, Belize and Cozumel close-up (Di.F) pix. |
| Pseudopterygorgia (now Antillogorgia) americana, Slimy Sea Plume. Bushy;
yellowish plumes w/ purple branches and long, feathery branchlets. To 3.5
feet tall. Roatan 2016; TiffB pic. |
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| Pseudopterygorgia (now Antillogorgia) bipinnata, Bipinnate Sea
Plume. Colonies as single planes of bilaterally arranged
branchlets. Usually purple, sometimes yellow to white. One of the
most popular aquarium Sea Fans due to its beauty, small size (to
two feet tall in the wild) and relative hardiness (when collected,
held, shipped properly). Bahamas photos showing open and closed
polyp colonies. See above/top for aquarium image at
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Genus Pterogorgia:
| Pterogorgia anceps, Angular Sea Whip.
S.O. Holaxonia, Family Gorgoniidae. Tropical West Atlantic. Long, tapering
branches of Y or X shape, bushy appearance. To two feet in height. |
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| Pterogorgia citrina, the Yellow Sea Whip.
S.O. Holaxonia, Family Gorgoniidae. Tropical West Atlantic;
abundant at times. Smallish, bushy colonies whose branches are
flat, narrow, with white polyps along lateral edge . Branches yellow in
color with white polyps. Cozumel pic. |
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| Pterogorgia guadalupensis, the Grooved-Blade
Sea Whip. Tropical West Atlantic. To two feet in height, branches
to 1/2" diameter. Appears uniplanar in view, with flexible, long branches
of purple, olive to gray color,
bearing a distinct groove in middle, tapering toward ends. Polyps of white
color extend from a common groove along edges. Di.F pic in Cozumel. |
 
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| Semperina cf. rubra Kolliker 1870.
Branched, one plane, with ends that are spatula like. Red to orange
with white openings at ends. |
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Genus Subergorgia:
| Subergorgia appressa Nutting 1911. Laterally
branches with medial groove that are somewhat flattened. Red to
brownish in color. N. Sulawesi pic. |
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| Subergorgia hicksoni. The large sea fans
encountered in the Red Sea... in areas of high current and subdued
lighting. Here a six foot plus diameter colony sieves the waters of
Egypt's Sharm El Sheik. |
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| Subergorgia mollis (Nutting 1910). Fan-like
colonies, uni-planar, inter-branched in a rectangular fashion every
10-60 mm. . May be 2-3 meters in diameter. Thin branches (1-3 mm).
May be pink-orange or red if overgrown with epizoics. Western
Pacific. Fiji pix. |
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