Antillogorgia bipinnata

(Verrill, 1864)

Bipinnates Sea Plume, Forked Sea Feather

Range: Western Atlantic Ocean: Florida, Caribbean, and the Bahamas.

Natural Environment: Inhabits inshore and patch reef flats, slopes, and underwater plateaus and usually seen between depths of 20 - 85 feet (6 - 25 m).

General Husbandry: Rarely seen in the trade, and if available, maintenance is similar to A. elisabethae.

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa

Subclass: Octocorallia

Order: Anlcyonacea

Suborder: Holaxonia

Family: Gorgoniidae

Genus: Antillogorgia