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SEA PLUMES / SEA WHIPS : CORALS
(Antillogorgia bipinnata)
Occasionally the branches of the Bipinnate Sea Plume ill e ri ht ello or e en hitish in color.
BIPINNATE SEA PLUME (Antillogorgia bipinnata) < 60 cm / 2 ft Widely spaced branches in a single plane. Shorter paired side-branchlets. Most commonly found in purple.
YELLOW SEA WHIP
(Pterogorgia citrina) < 35 cm / 14 in
hort ush colonies of attened ranches. ri ht yellow with translucent white polyps on all branch edges.
LONG SEA WHIPS
(Ellisella elongata) < 1.5 m / 5 ft
Dozens of thin red stalks branching out from a single base. Tiny dense white polyps. Found on deeper reefs.
SEA PLUMES
(Antillogorgia sp.) < 2.2 m / 7 ft
Tall delicate stalks in gray or purple, rarely branching. Long thin side-branchlets. Polyps are brown to gray.
ANGULAR SEA WHIP (Pterogorgia anceps) < 60 cm / 2 ft
Bushy colony of long tapering branches. Each branch has an or sha e hen seen in cross section.
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