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Antillogorgia elisabethae

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37: 244:. Once the larvae become free-swimming, they will usually settle near the parent organism, as they are negatively buoyant and will sink to the ocean floor, where they grow into adults and continue the cycle. Its mating system is thus 310:
Carla Gutierrez-Rodriguez; Howard R. Lasker (9 July 2004). "Microsatellite variation reveals high levels of genetic variability and population structure in the gorgonian coral Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae across the Bahamas".
208:, and will orient themselves in the direction of the ocean current. It ranges in size from 0.3 metres (0.98 ft) to 2 metres (6.6 ft). It is considered commercially important as it is harvested for 232:
The female exposes her eggs to the water current by placing them on her reproductive polyps. Sperm will eventually come into contact with the eggs, and the fertilized egg will develop into a
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Carla Gutierrez-Rodriguez; Howard R. Lasker (1 March 2004). "Reproductive biology, development, and planula behavior in the Caribbean gorgonian Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae".
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in the shape of a sea plume (also called a sea whip). It resides from depths of 25 metres (82 ft) to 30 metres (98 ft), often at
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in 1–2 days. The larvae form a colony on the parent for 2–4 days and then will become free-swimming. The free-swimming larvae are
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Stacee Lee Caplan; Bo Zheng; Ken Dawson-Scully; Catherine A. White; Lyndon M. West (10 March 2016). George Perry (ed.).
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is also used in fish tanks as a part of the commercial pet industry. The species has a Least Concern
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and cosmetic creams. The compound that is believed to cause its beneficial effects is
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drop-offs. It looks like a plume of feathery appendages with
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Natural Product Synthesis II: Targets, Methods, Concepts
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Cnidaria
Octocorallia
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Antillogorgia
Binomial name
Synonyms
soft coral
Caribbean Sea
reef
radial symmetry
pinnate
distichous
analgesics
Pseudopterosin A
conservation status
planula
ciliated
bilaterally symmetric
polygynandrous





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