Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Muricella plectana
Muricella plectana
Category: Octocorals
Scientific Name: Muricella plectana
Distribution: Philippines, Indonesia, Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, Taiwan
Cnidaria (Phylum)
└Anthozoa (Subphylum)
 └Octocorallia (Class)
  └Malacalcyonacea (Order)
   └Anthogorgiidae (Family)
    └Muricella (Genus)
     └M. plectana (Species)

Corals
Octocorals

Muricella plectana

White Telesto

Slimy Sea Plumes

Bipinnate Sea Plumes

Sea Plumes

Venus Sea Fan

Wide-Mesh Sea Fan

Common Sea Fan

Deepwater Sea Fan

Knotted Fan Coral

Tree Coral

Swollen-Knob Candelabrum

Knobby Sea Rods

Bent Sea Rod

Black Sea Rod

Slit-Pore Sea Rods

Porous Sea Rods

Angular Sea Whip

Grooved-Blade Sea Whip

Lobophytum sp. 1

Mushroom Leather Coral

Cherry Blossom Coral

Siphonogorgia sp. 1

Giant Sea Fan

Corky Sea Finger

Devil's Sea Whip

Long Sea Whip

Bushy Sea Whip

Encrusting Gorgonian

Colorful Sea Rod



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