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Family Gorgoniidae

Antillogorgia bipinnata

(Verrill, 1864)

Bipinnates Sea Plume, Forked Sea Feather

Likely Reef Tank Suitable

Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable

Range: Western Atlantic Ocean: Florida, Caribbean, and the Bahamas.

Natural Environment: Inhabits inshore and patch reef flats, slopes, and underwater plateaus and usually seen between depths of 20 - 85 feet (6 - 25 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

 Antillogorgia bipinnata (Bipinnates Sea Plume, Forked Sea Feather)
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