Soft Corals Class - Anthozoa Subclass - Octocorallia.

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1 Soft Corals Class - Anthozoa Subclass - Octocorallia

2 Briareum asbestinium Corky sea fingers

3 Erythropodium sp. Encrusting gorgonium

4 Carijoa riisei White telesto

5 Gorgonia sp. Sea fans

6 Pterogorgia sp. sea whips Pterogorgia citrina yellow sea whip

7 Muricea sp. Spiny sea rods Muricea muricata Spiny sea fan

8 Muriceopsis sp. Sea plumes Muriceopsis flavida Rough sea plume

9 Pseudopterogorgia sp. Sea plumes Pseudopterogorgia bipinnata Bipinnate sea plume

10 Plexaurella sp. slit-pore sea rods

11 Eunicea sp. Knobby sea rods

12 Pseudoplexura sp. Porous sea rods

13 Plexaura sp. sea rods Plexaura flexuosa Bent sea rod

14 RESOURCES Bayer, F. M. 1961. The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian Region. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague. 373 p. Goldberg, W. M. several publications. Humann, P. 1993. Reef Coral Identification. New World Publications, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida. 239 p. http://porites.geology.uiowa.edu/database/corals/systema t/systemat.htm