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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: -