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Gorgonia
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Gorgonia

Gorgonia is a genus of soft coral, sea fans in the family Gorgoniidae.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Purple Sea Fan

speciesGorgonia ventalina

Wide-mesh Sea Fan

speciesGorgonia mariae

Venus fan

speciesGorgonia flabellum

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Gorgonia in The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2

The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2

Mark Catesby · 1743 · p.118

Gorgonia in Ten Books of Exotic Things

Ten Books of Exotic Things

Carolus Clusius · 1605 · p.140

Gorgonia in Georg Wolfgang Knorr — Deliciae naturae selectae (1771)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr — Deliciae naturae selectae (1771)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr · 1771 · p.86

Gorgonia in Georg Wolfgang Knorr — Deliciae naturae selectae (1771)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr — Deliciae naturae selectae (1771)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr · 1771 · p.66

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 120132.