species 5,095 observations

Purple Sea Fan

Gorgonia ventalina

Field notes

Gorgonia ventalina, the common sea fan and purple sea fan, is a species of sea fan, an octocoral in the family Gorgoniidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided