Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Encrusting Gorgonian
Erythropodium caribaeorum
Encrusting Gorgonian
Category: Octocorals
Scientific Name: Erythropodium caribaeorum
Size: 3 in. to 3 ft. (8 to 90 cm)  
Depth: 3-100 ft. (1-30 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Cnidaria (Phylum)
└Anthozoa (Subphylum)
 └Octocorallia (Class)
  └Scleralcyonacea (Order)
   └Erythropodiidae (Family)
    └Erythropodium (Genus)
     └E. caribaeorum (Species)

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