Leptogorgia hebes

Author
Verrill, 1869
Common Names
  • Regal Sea Fan

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Leptogorgia hebes
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E. Williamson 2008
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Min Depth
9 meters
Max Depth
37 meters
Overall Geographic Range
southeast United States (warm temperate waters south of Cape Hatteras to Key Largo), Caribbean
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • hard substrate
  • bay/inshore (0–50 m)
References

  • Williamson, E. A., K. B. Strychar and K. Withers. 2011. Populations of the Gorgonian Genus Leptogorgia at Two Jetties in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science 29 (2). Retrieved from https://aquila.usm.edu/goms/vol29/iss2/6

  • Grimm, D. E., and T. S. Hopkins. 1977. A preliminary characterization of the octocorallian and scleractinian diversity at the Florida Middle Grounds. Proceedings of the Third International Coral Reef Symposium, volume 1: 136–141.

  • Bayer, F. M. 1961. The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian Region. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 12: 373 pp., 27 pls., 101 figs.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Cairns, S. D. and F. M. Bayer. 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-07-2024.

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