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Gorgonia flabellum (venus sea fan)

Synonyms: Busella occatoria; Gorgonia flabellum f. occatoria; Rhipidigorgia flabellum; Rhipidigorgia occatoria

Wikipedia Abstract

Gorgonia flabellum, also known as the Venus fan, Venus sea fan, common sea fan, West Indian sea fan and purple gorgonian seafan, is a species of sea fan, a sessile colonial soft coral.
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Predators

Cantherhines macrocerus (Whitespotted filefish)[1]
Pomacanthus paru (French angelfish)[1]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0