Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Encrusting Gorgonian
Encrusting Gorgonian
Scientific Name: Erythropodium caribaeorum
Order: Scleralcyonacea
Family: Erythropodiidae
Category: Gorgonians
Size: 3 in. to 3 ft. (8 to 90 cm)  
Depth: 3-100 ft. (1-30 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida

Corals
Gorgonians

Encrusting Gorgonian

Colorful Sea Rod

White Telesto

Slimy Sea Plumes

Bipinnate Sea Plumes

Sea Plumes

Venus Sea Fan

Wide-Mesh Sea Fan

Common Sea Fan

Angular Sea Whip

Grooved-Blade Sea Whip

Deepwater Sea Fan

Swollen-Knob Candelabrum

Knobby Sea Rods

Bent Sea Rod

Black Sea Rod

Slit-Pore Sea Rods

Porous Sea Rods

Corky Sea Finger

Devil's Sea Whip

Long Sea Whip

Bushy Sea Whip



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