Antillogorgia americana

(Gmelin, 1791)

Slimy Sea Plume

Range: Western Atlantic Ocean: Florida, Bahamas, and Lesser Antilles.

Natural Environment: Inhabits inshore and patch reef flats, slopes, and underwater plateaus and attains a 5 foot (1.5 m) height and is usually seen at depths between 3 - 150 feet (1 - 45 m).

General Husbandry: Rarely seen in the trade, and if available, maintenance is similar to A. elisabethae.

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa

Subclass: Octocorallia

Order: Anlcyonacea

Suborder: Holaxonia

Family: Gorgoniidae

Genus: Antillogorgia