Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Siphonogorgia sp. 1
Siphonogorgia variabilis
Siphonogorgia sp. 1
Category: Octocorals
Scientific Name: Siphonogorgia variabilis
Distribution: Indonesia
Closely matches S. hicksoni and S. variabilis
Cnidaria (Phylum)
└Anthozoa (Subphylum)
 └Octocorallia (Class)
  └Malacalcyonacea (Order)
   └Siphonogorgiidae (Family)
    └Siphonogorgia (Genus)
     └S. variabilis (Species)

Corals
Octocorals

Siphonogorgia sp. 1

Giant Sea Fan

Corky Sea Finger

Devil's Sea Whip

Long Sea Whip

Bushy Sea Whip

Encrusting Gorgonian

Colorful Sea Rod

Muricella plectana

White Telesto

Slimy Sea Plumes

Bipinnate Sea Plumes

Sea Plumes

Venus Sea Fan

Wide-Mesh Sea Fan

Common Sea Fan

Deepwater Sea Fan

Knotted Fan Coral

Tree Coral

Swollen-Knob Candelabrum

Knobby Sea Rods

Bent Sea Rod

Black Sea Rod

Slit-Pore Sea Rods

Porous Sea Rods

Angular Sea Whip

Grooved-Blade Sea Whip

Lobophytum sp. 1

Mushroom Leather Coral

Cherry Blossom Coral



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