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Old 12-30-2008, 03:38 PM   #20
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There are classification questions about nearly all coral, from my experience. That MySpace shot is a good one. That's definitely the critter - too bad it's not identified.

My understanding is that all SeaFan-like creatures are Gorgonias. Though the purple one and the orange one in the tank look very different, they are actually closely related.

I tend to always think of these names as the first label I see when doing research, but they are mis-labeled so often that I'm probably wrong about half the time.

Here's a link to a site which calls this type of purple coral a Gorgonia (near the bottom of the page, under Soft Corals):
http://frontpage.simnet.is/dna/photo.htm

Also known as a Black Sea Rod Gorgonia: http://florent.us/reef/blacksearod.html
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