Vema's Gorgonian Sea Fan [Swiftia vema]
Description
A species of gorgonian, or sea fan, that is endemic to the Vema Seamount. It is a large, fan-shaped coral, with branches that are covered in small, polyp-bearing tubes. The coral is typically orange or red in color. It is a benthic species, found on rocky substrates in deep water.
Taxonomy
| Phylum |
Mollusks
Mollusca
|
|---|---|
| Class |
Neopilina
Tryblidia
|
| Order |
Monoplacophorans
Tryblidia
|
| Family |
Neopilinidae
Neopilinidae
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| Genus |
Vema
Vema
|