Sea fan, Gorgonian, Alcyonacea soft coral, Fiji, Gorgonacea, #31670

Sea fan or gorgonian on coral reef. This gorgonian is a type of colonial alcyonacea soft coral that filters plankton from passing ocean currents., Gorgonacea, Plexauridae, natural history stock photograph, photo id 31670
Sea fan or gorgonian on coral reef. This gorgonian is a type of colonial alcyonacea soft coral that filters plankton from passing ocean currents.

Species: Gorgonian, Sea Fan, Gorgonacea, Plexauridae
Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji
Image ID: 31670
Lat/Long: -17.30526, 178.36589 (Coordinates: 17° 18' 18.95" S, 178° 21' 57.20" E)
Format: Digital 3:2
Keywords: alcyonacea, animalia, anthozoa, bligh waters, cnidaria, colonial octocoral, coral, coral reef, fiji, fiji islands, fijian islands, gorgonacea, gorgonian, island, marine, nature, oceania, octocorallia, pacific ocean, plexauridae, reef, sea fan, south pacific, tropical, underwater, vatu i ra, vatu i ra passage, viti levu
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