Common Name: Venus Sea Fan
Scientific Name: Gorgonia flabellum
Kingdom: Animilia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Gorgonacea
Family: Gorgoniidae
Genius: Gorgonia
Species: G. Flabellum
First , the general discription is very interesting , the venus sea fan is a delicate lookng colonial soft corral in the shape of a fan and composed to a big group . It grows from a small base ,but it forms into several branches , then it goes on and on .
the venus sea fan is most common in the bahamas and in this location is easily distinguishable from G. Ventalina . Florida and the leser antiles , but tey are always confused .
Gorgonia Flabellum eats dead plankton to consume nurishment , also , it may reach up to 4 feet tall . they do well in their envirement becuase where they are located there isnt much predators to eat them , another reason is that how big and wide they are and tall, they have a storage like eating habits .
The intersting facts are that they are green most of the time and they have a special way of eating , another thing is eventhough they are stuck to there base , they are very mobile . The last thing that i think is interesting is that they at most of the time , and when they dont they digest .
Author: Joaquin C.
Published: 02/2013
sources: www.nationalgeographic.com
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