Gorgonian

Reef gardens are embellished with scarlet and orange staircase sponges and feathery gorgonian fans with their bright yellow branches. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The red gorgonian, Paragorgia arborea, occurs on these reefs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

French Angelfish (Pomacanthus paru) forage in a similar manner, but they consume less gorgonian polyps and algae. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Sponges make up 70% of their diet with the rest of their diet consisting of gorgonian polyps, other invertebrates, and algae. ❋ Unknown (2008)

“Growth and composition of high-Mg calcite in the skeleton of a Bermudian gorgonian Plexaurella dichotoma: Potential for paleothermometry” ❋ Unknown (2006)

A potentially-important recent advance is the use of SIMS secondary-ion mass spectrometry on gorgonian corals—which live at all depths, from the poles to the equator. ❋ Unknown (2006)

So tonight we settled in happily expecting to learn about shark repellents made by the Pacific sole -- a long and fascinating subject if you are a Pacific sole, and rather dull if you're aren't -- only to be energized by the professor's discussion of how he had isolated a particular toxin from a gorgonian those pretty, wavy soft corals that you see in various marine pictures. ❋ Mariness (2005)

Because I'm supposed to be studying venoms, peptdies, and antifeedants in gorgonian corals at the moment, and I am finding it rather difficult to concentrate, I ask all of you this burning question: ❋ Mariness (2005)

Small gorgonian fans, yellow feather stars and red soft corals cling to the thick roots. ❋ Darryl Leniuk (2011)

Antibacterial and antilarval compounds from marine gorgonian-associated bacterium ❋ Cheng-Hai Gao (2010)

The coral communities are most notable in respect of the very unusual co-occurrence of a highly distinctive suite of reef building (hard) corals, soft corals and gorgonian sea fans. ❋ Azlan Othman (2010)

Mystical statues of the gods, their faces covered in gorgonian fans, stood rooted to the ocean floor behind an ornate temple gateway 100 feet below sea level. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The red gorgonian, '' Paragorgia arborea '', occurs on these reefs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The water is cool, but I am soon duck-diving down among king angelfish, pufferfish and small gorgonian fans. ❋ DARRYL LENIUK (2009)

You name it ... pink, purple, blue, green, orange ... all can be seen in one spot (can you imagine?) .. from soft corals, hard corals to gorgonian fans. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The large organism in the foreground is a gorgonian coral, while the smaller organisms attached to the rock around it are gorgonshead corals and deep-sea stalked barnacles. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There is a very good variety of hard corals, colorful sea gorgonian fans and many huge pelagic fishes to see. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The coral walls are covered in hard corals, gorgonian fans, and inhabited by many varieties of fish. " ❋ Unknown (2009)