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Chrysogorgiidae Verrill, 1883
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A mass of unidentified fish eggs on Metallogorgia collected at Kelvin Seamount.
The word distribution of chrysogorgiid corals as we know it.
Branching sequence determination in Chrysogorgia. See Taxon Page for explanation.
Branch close-up (YPM5806A).
Polyp close-up (YPM5806A). Width approx 0.8 mm, heigth approx. 1.1 mm.
YPM5806A, type material of Metallogorgia splendens.
Metallogorgia tenuis, type (polyp about 1.25 - 1.5 mm long)
Metallogorgia tenuis, type (polyp about 2.5 - 3 mm long)
Iridogorgia magnispiralis on Nashville Seamount at 2130 meters depth
Iridogorgia magnispiralis in situ, Kelvin Seamount (NW Atlantic), 2311 m
pleurogorgia plana, Versluys, 1902; Fig. 162
Plate from Paternak 1981.
Sclerites a) branch coenenchyme, b) body wall, and c) tentacles. Unpublished plate (do not use w/out permission).
In situ photograph of Metallogorgia melanotrichos and its associate, Ophiocreas oedipus.
Preserved Metallogorgia melanotrichos and its associate, Ophiocreas oedipus.
Metallogorgia Colony
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