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| Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Alcyonaria/Octocorallia > Order Gorgonacea |
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branch sea fan Subergorgia sp.* Family Subergorgiidae updated Dec 2019 Where seen? This sea fan with flat branches is sometimes seen on some of our Northern shores on coral rubble. Features: 10-20cm long. Colony comprises many long sturdy stems that randomly branch forming an elegant tree-like silhouette on one plane, with some branches overlapping. The stems are flattened, often with a groove along the length. Dull brown-orange, to orange or red. Relatively large white polyps emerge along two sides of the flattened stem, not in the grooves. |
 Tuas, Apr 05 |
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*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
On this website, they are grouped by external features for convenience of display.
| Flat branch sea fans on Singapore shores |
On wildsingapore
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| Other sightings on Singapore shores |
 Beting Bronok, Jul 03  |
 Tuas, Apr 05  |
 An ovulid snail on the sea fan. |
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