| Aspect: | Bushy formation of colonies of irregularly shaped and knotty red or bright orange branches from which a myriad white, lace-like polyps extend (Nodulifera, in the latin name, means knotty). Also known as "Finger Sea Fan". Calyces are entirely white down the coloured rind of the branch. |
| Population: | Not widespread. Traditionally put in the order of the Gorgonacea, that name is now replaced with "Alcyonacea" |
| Notable feature: | Unlike most other gorgonians, the several samples herewith displayed do not develop in a roughly single plane, but rathermore randomly into a bouquet. Yet they were photographed in two different and fairly distant spots. Tentacles deploy highly visible pinnules. |
| Environment: | Open, well exposed sites - in the case of Guadeloupe' West Coast, so far only seen on two wrecks, the Gustavia (40 metres ) and the Augustin Fresnel, 30 metres). |
| Behaviour: | - |
Last update: 22/10/15
Colorful Sea Rod
- French designation: Gorgone Noduleuse
- Latin designation: Diodogorgia nodulifera
- Creole designation: -
- Latin family: Gorgonidae
- Size (cm): 40
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