gorgonian

These are large cups, and many hold the face of a gorgonian in the basin.

So effective is this camouflage that the species wasn't actually discovered until its host gorgonian was being examined in a laboratory.

The gorgonian, Paragorgia arborea, may grow beyond three meters.

The fire coral seems to be able to detect the gorgonian's presence as a result of water flowing over the surfaces of both.

Adults are usually found in pairs or clusters of pairs, with up to 28 pygmy seahorses recorded on a single gorgonian, and may be monogamous.

Upstairs, smaller tanks hold an eclectic mix of local specimens including the clicking garibaldi and the stinging gorgonian - sometimes seen lurking barside at Zinc.

The first is the ambush technic, consiting for the trumpefish lie in wait for a potential prey close hard coral, black coral bush or gorgonian.

This process, called filter feeding, is facilitated when the "fan" is oriented across the prevailing current to maximise water flow to the gorgonian and hence food supply.

Black necrosing syndrome Affects gorgonian from the Great Barrier Reef, possibly a fungal pathogen similar to aspergillosis.

The site is characterized by dense tubeworm and mussel accumulations, as well as exposed carbonate outcrops with numerous gorgonian and Lophelia coral colonies.

The instant Violet opened the hatch, the passageway flooded with water, and the children drifted out of the submarine and into the blackness of the Gorgonian Grotto.

It's often swimming close to the bottom and always nearby a protective item to be able to escape the potential predators by hiding or in the thorns of diadem urchin, branchy corals or in gorgonian.

Since 1955 DMT has been found in a host of organisms: in at least 50 plant species belonging to 10 families, and in at least 4 animal species, including one gorgonian and 3 mammalian species (see Endogenous DMT).