Saltwater
Bipinnate sea plume
Antillogorgia bipinnata
Gorgoniidae
Facts
Care
- Type
- Soft coral
- Light
- High
- Flow
- Strong
- Placement
- Middle of the rock, High on the rock
- Difficulty
- Medium
Water values
Range
Seen here
Seen in the wild in Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, and 2 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Antillogorgia bipinnata, the bipinnate sea plume, is a species of colonial soft coral, a sea fan in the family Gorgoniidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea. It was first described as Pseudopterogorgia bipinnata in 1864 by the American zoologist Addison Emery Verrill. Williams and Chen (2012), transferred all the Atlantic species of Pseudopterogorgia to Antillogorgia.
Other names
No other names.
