Leptogorgia
Leptogorgia is a genus of soft coral in the family Gorgoniidae. The genus has a widespread distribution with members being found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Western Europe to South Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic coasts of North and South America, the Antilles and the Pacific coast of America. Species are found in both shallow and deep waters.
Leptogorgia is a slow growing sea whip and are easily damaged. They are easily damaged by storms and fishing agriculture.
35 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Orange Gorgonian
speciesLeptogorgia sarmentosa
Colorful Sea Whip
speciesLeptogorgia virgulata
Leptogorgia alba
speciesLeptogorgia alba
palmate sea fan
speciesLeptogorgia palma
red gorgonian
speciesLeptogorgia chilensis
Sea Whip
speciesLeptogorgia setacea
Leptogorgia ruberrima
speciesLeptogorgia ruberrima
Leptogorgia rigida
speciesLeptogorgia rigida
Regal Sea Fan
speciesLeptogorgia hebes
yellow sea fan
speciesLeptogorgia viminalis
Leptogorgia cuspidata
speciesLeptogorgia cuspidata
Leptogorgia peruviana
speciesLeptogorgia peruviana
Leptogorgia capensis
speciesLeptogorgia capensis
Leptogorgia gaini
speciesLeptogorgia gaini
Leptogorgia punicea
speciesLeptogorgia punicea
Leptogorgia gilchristi
speciesLeptogorgia gilchristi
Leptogorgia capverdensis
speciesLeptogorgia capverdensis
Leptogorgia densa
speciesLeptogorgia densa
Leptogorgia diffusa
speciesLeptogorgia diffusa
Leptogorgia ena
speciesLeptogorgia ena
Leptogorgia bayeri
speciesLeptogorgia bayeri
Leptogorgia exigua
speciesLeptogorgia exigua
Leptogorgia pumila
speciesLeptogorgia pumila
Leptogorgia barnardi
speciesLeptogorgia barnardi
Leptogorgia labiata
speciesLeptogorgia labiata
Leptogorgia varians
speciesLeptogorgia varians
Leptogorgia cofrini
speciesLeptogorgia cofrini
Leptogorgia miniata
speciesLeptogorgia miniata
Leptogorgia laxa
speciesLeptogorgia laxa
Leptogorgia lutkeni
speciesLeptogorgia lutkeni
Leptogorgia tenuissima
speciesLeptogorgia tenuissima
Leptogorgia ampla
speciesLeptogorgia ampla
Leptogorgia waltonae
speciesLeptogorgia waltonae
Leptogorgia pusilla
speciesLeptogorgia pusilla
Leptogorgia californica
speciesLeptogorgia californica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 195584.