Antillogorgia Hystrix
''Antillogorgia'' is a genus of Alcyonacea, soft coral, Gorgonian, sea fans in the family Gorgoniidae. Species The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species: *''Antillogorgia acerosa'' (Pallas, 1766) *''Antillogorgia albatrossae'' Bayer, 1961 *''Antillogorgia americana'' (Gmelin, 1791) *''Antillogorgia bipinnata'' (Verrill, 1864) *''Antillogorgia blanquillensis'' (Stiasny, 1941) *''Antillogorgia elisabethae'' Bayer, 1961 *''Antillogorgia hummelincki'' Bayer, 1961 *''Antillogorgia hystrix'' Bayer, 1961 *''Antillogorgia kallos'' (Bielschowsky, 1918) *''Antillogorgia navia'' Bayer, 1961 *''Antillogorgia rigida'' (Bielschowsky, 1929) References

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Antillogorgia Bipinnata
''Antillogorgia bipinnata'', the bipinnate sea plume, is a species of Colony (biology), colonial Alcyonacea, soft coral, a Gorgonian, sea fan in the family (biology), family Gorgoniidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea. It was Species description, first described as ''Pseudopterogorgia bipinnata '' in 1864 by the American zoologist Addison Emery Verrill. Williams and Chen (2012), transferred all the Atlantic species of ''Pseudopterogorgia'' to ''Antillogorgia. Description ''Antillogorgia bipinnata'' is a colonial soft coral growing in the form of a bipinnate fan usually in a single plane. It can grow to a height of about with a slightly smaller width. It consists of a main stem with several branches, with regularly-spaced pairs of branchlets. The branchlets are stiff, slightly flattened, and typically long and in diameter. They are spaced about apart and project at an angle of about 65° from the branch. The apertures from which the polyps protrude are small and slit-like and ...
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