Gorgonian ID

Mr tap water · Apr 29, 2017

Would like to know what type of Gorgonian this is.

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garygonzales · Apr 29, 2017

looks like a grubes gorg...same as what i have,,,,Photosynthetic

Reeferz412 · May 2, 2017

plexaurella nutans aka split pore gorg is what it looks like. If it is closed I think it would be easier to determine.

Mr tap water · May 2, 2017

Ok thanks guys.

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Patwa · May 23, 2017

garygonzales said:
looks like a grubes gorg...same as what i have,,,,Photosynthetic

+1 Grube's gorgonian for sure. One of my favourite gorgs

Reeferz412 said:
plexaurella nutans aka split pore gorg is what it looks like. If it is closed I think it would be easier to determine.

p. nutans is a much larger/thicker-branched soft coral than Grube's