NPS Carribean Gorgs

[oldreefer76]

Does anybody have a link or reference for id'ing Carribean NPS Gorgs, I picked up a beauty of a Deep Purple one from Phishy today and all they can tell me is it came from far off the coast of Florida

 

[Western_reefer]

Does anybody have a link or reference for id'ing Carribean NPS Gorgs, I picked up a beauty of a Deep Purple one from Phishy today and all they can tell me is it came from far off the coast of Florida

Can you take a few pictures of the Gorgonian?

 

[coltrref]

:wave::wave::wave:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jordan-garza-coral-reefs/sets/72157600032999606/

http://coralpedia.bio.warwick.ac.uk/sp/octocorals/mixed_communities.html

 

[Cantonesefish]

all of those photos have at least 10 different gorgonians in it...

 

[Bongo Shrimp]

all of those photos have at least 10 different gorgonians in it...

Most if not all are NOT nps. I bet all of them are photosynthetic.

 

[wdt2000]

Most if not all are NOT nps. I bet all of them are photosynthetic.

How can you tell?

 

[Bongo Shrimp]

How can you tell?

I'm pretty sure that it's just that type of gorg. I could be wrong though. Slapshot could help here...