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gorgonian::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gorgonian coral |
| Type of | coral |
| Has types | sea fan, red coral, sea feather |
Examples of gorgonian
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This symbiotic relationship assists in giving the gorgonian nutrition via photosynthesis.
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This image shows Muriceopsis tuberculata, the gorgonian host of the new species Conopea fidelis.
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Fish catches have declined, as have pearl oyster, gorgonian coral, and acorn worm populations.
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There are around 500 known gorgonian species found mostly in shallow waters, attached to a hard substrate.
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The newly discovered barnacles are both gorgonian inhabiting.
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Observations by the authors suggest that they also demonstrate preference to a particular gorgonian hosts.
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The bottom here is mostly barren mud with a few cobbles and the occasional fish or gorgonian coral.
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Each gorgonian polyp has eight tentacles which catch plankton and particulate matter that is consumed.
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The structure of a gorgonian colony varies.
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- Corals having a horny or calcareous branching skeleton
- A gorgonian, also known as sea whip or sea fan, is an order of sessile colonial cnidarian found throughout the oceans of the world, especially in the tropics and subtropics. Gorgonians are similar to the sea pen, another soft coral. ...
- (Gorgonia) is the kingdom ruled by Malvel in series three. He rules from a castle located in the Western City. Gorgonia is a dark, ruined kingdom where the native population is kept to a low standard of living by the dictator. ...
- Is an octocoral species that can take on various forms such as branchlike, encrusting or whiplike. Some species contain zooxanthellae, while other gorgonian species do not.
- Gorgonians (of the order Gorgonacea) are any of the colonial, marine organisms (anthrozoans) usually with horning or branching axial skeletons, for example a sea fan. Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.)
- A variety of colonizing coral, including sea fans and sea whips
- An anthozoan of the subclass Octocorallia, commonly called sea fans and sea whips
