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Animalia Radiata Cnidaria * Anthozoa
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| Etymologies | Source | |
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| Eunicella | latin diminutif de Eunice (Néréide) | doris |
| Paramuricea | grec para (proche de) + latin muricea (plein de récifs) | doris |
| Eunicella cavolini | ||
| doris / cotebleue / en.wiki / intotheblue | Gorgonia antipathes
Gorgonia blancoana |
Koch, 1887 / NE / ITIS |
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| 2014 Marseille ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2015 Fabregas (Fr83) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2007 Porto (Corse) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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2023 Marseille (Fr13) ©slebris
 (via INaturalist) |
2010 Marseille ©mda (via INaturalist) | |
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by Albert Kok
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
avec Coris julis,
Palermo (Sicile) by Lucia Scordato Romeo
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
Palermo (Sicile) by Lucia Scordato Romeo
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Méditerranée, Atlantiq proche | Gorgone jaune | subtropical |
| 10-30m (jsq 150m) / 10-50cm wide / 2mm (polypes) / > 25ans / croissance lente: 1-2cm/an | gonochorique (par gorgone); adulte vers 15ans, forte capacité de régénération | colonie ramifiée souvent dans un plan (axe orange; polypes blc à jaune), sclérites translucides, à flanc de tombants, craint l'envasement, sciaphile |
| Eunicella cavolini | ||
| Eunicella singularis | ||
| doris / mer-littoral / cotebleue / souslesmers / liboupat2 | Synonymes | Esper, 1794 / NE / ITIS |
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| 2012 Porquerolles (Fr83) ©mda (via INaturalist) | avec Doris dalmatien, 2011 Colera (Sp) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
2012 Porquerolles (Fr83) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2012 Port-Cros (Fr83) ©mda (via INaturalist) | cotoyant Pentapora et Alcyonium coralloides,
2010 Colera (Sp) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
2010 Colera (Sp) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| au 1er plan: Axinella polypoides,
2010 Banyuls (Fr66) by Parent Géry 
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2010 Banyuls (Fr66) by Parent Géry
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2010 Banyuls (Fr66) by Parent Géry
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| WMéditerranée | Gorgone blanche | subtropical |
| 10-60m / colonie : 30-70 cm ht // 10-30 cm width | gonochorique (par gorgone); croissance 15-45mm/an | fonds rocheux sédimentaires peu pentus, photophile, colonie peu ramifiée, zooxanthellate |
| Eunicella singularis | ||
| Eunicella verrucosa | ||
| doris / mer-littoral / souslesmers / habitas / marlin / oceaneyephoto / cotebleue | Synonymes | Pallas, 1776 / VU / ITIS |
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| 2010 Trebeurden (Fr22) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2010 Trebeurden (Fr22) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2011 Erquy (Fr22) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2009 Erquy (Fr22) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2012 St-Cast (Fr22) ©mda (via INaturalist) | |
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| 2010 St-Quay (Fr22) ©Matthieu Sontag
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2006 Malaga (Sp) by Fernando Herranz Martín
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2006 Spain by Fernando Herranz Martín
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| NE-Atlantiq & Méditerranée | Eventail de mer | temperate |
| 10-100m / 20-80cm | gonochorique (par gorgone) | colonie de polypes très ramifiée; en éventail, sciaphile, substrat dur; zooxanthellate |
| Eunicella verrucosa | ||
| Melithaea | ||
| en.wiki-ochracea / nomadica / en.wiki | Synonymes | Milne Edwards, 1857 / NE / ITIS 202514 |
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| 2009 Tulamben (Bali) ©mda (via INaturalist) | Melithae ochracea
2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Melithae splendens
2010 Egypt ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| Melithaea ochracea
2007 Malaysia by Anders Poulsen (Deep Blue)
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
Melithaea biserialis
2006 Small Gubal (Hurghada) ©Fernando Herranz Martin [GNU] (via Wikimedia Commons) |
Melithaea ochracea
2007 Malaysia by Anders Poulsen (Deep Blue)
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-Pacifiq & Mer Rouge | fan coral | tropical |
| 20- 60m / 60-80cm
host for the Denise's pygmy seahorse | arborescent en forme d’éventail avec nœud à l’intersection des branches, en mode battu, azooxanthellate | |
| Melithaea | ||
| Muricella plectana | ||
| reeflex | Synonymes | Grasshoff, 1999 / NE / ITIS |
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| 2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist) | hébergeant Hippocampus bargibanti,
2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
hébergeant Hippocampus bargibanti,
2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2020 Sabah (Borneo) ©tracc
(via INaturalist) |
hébergeant Hippocampus bargibanti,
2012 Lembeh © Mark Rosenstein
(via INaturalist) |
2006 Lembeh Straits (Sulawesi) by Jens Petersen
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| W-Pacifiq | gorgone à pygmée | tropical |
| Muricella plectana | ||
| Paramuricea clavata | ||
| doris / mer-littoral / souslesmers / auxbulles / cotebleue / aquaportail | Muricea chameleon
Gorgonia clavata Clematissa chamaeleon |
Risso, 1826 / NE / ITIS 52126 |
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| 2011 Colera (Sp) ©mda (via INaturalist) | avec Parazoanthus, 2010 Colera (Sp) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
2015 Fabregas (Fr83) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2012 Porquerolles (Fr83) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2015 Fabregas (Fr83) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2012 Porquerolles (Fr83) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| émergeant de pentafora fascialis, 2010 Colera (Sp) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
2011 Colera (Sp) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2010 Marseille ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2010 Marseille ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2014 Marseille ©mda (via INaturalist) | |
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| 2010 Banyuls (Fr66) by Parent Géry
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2007 Portofino (It.) ©Yoruno
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2008 Palermo (Sicily/It) ©Alberto Romeo
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2010 Banyuls (Fr66) by Parent Géry
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2010 Banyuls (Fr66) by Parent Géry
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2010 Banyuls (Fr66) by Parent Géry
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Méditerranée & Atlantiq proche | Gorgone ^pourpre | tempéré |
| 7-100 m / jsq 1m ht / branches 6cm dia / >25ans | gonochorique (par colonie); croissance 1-6cm | branches ramifiées et tortueuses en éventail; sur tombants et surplombs rocheux, sciaphile |
| Paramuricea clavata | ||
| Plexauridae | ||
| aquaportail / en.m.wik | Synonymes | Gray, 1859 / NE / ITIS 52172 |
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| Plexaura homomalla
2010 Venezuela ©Paul Asman & Jill Lenoble
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2010 Thailand ©Chaloklum Diving
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
Muricea fruticosa
2020 Mexico ©alboertoalcala
(via INaturalist) |
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| Muricea fruticosa
2020 LA (US) ©passiflora4
(via INaturalist) |
Muricea purpurea
2020 Californie ©Patrick Webster
(via INaturalist) |
Muricea fruticosa
2020 San Diego (US) ©Siena McKim
(via INaturalist) |
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| Bebryce sulfurea
2006 Hurghada (Egypte ) by Fernando Herranz Martín
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
Eunicea mammosa
2005 Cuba by Quintín Muñoz [GNU] (via Wikimedia Commons) |
Plexaura homomalla
2005 Cuba by Fernando Herranz Martín
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| sea rods | tropical and subtropical | |
| branching colony, zooxanthellate, axial core of the coral skeleton is horny and hollow, and contains no sclerites; covered by a layer of tissue called coenenchyme in which is embedded calcareous sclerites | ||
| Plexauridae | ||
| Rumphella torta | ||
| souslesmers / nomadica / animal-world | Synonymes | Klungzinger, 1877 / NE / ITIS |
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| 2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) | Rumphella
©Haplochromis
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
Rumphella aggregata
2009 aquarium by Tappinen
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2017 Qseir (Egypt) ©Valentin Moser
(via INaturalist) |
2018 Marsa Alam ©Tom Heijnen
(via INaturalist) |
2013 Egypt ©Lesley Clements
(via INaturalist) |
| Indo-Pacifiq & Red Sea | gorgone à panaches | tropical |
| 5-25m / 60-150cm | buisson de tiges souples se terminant en panache retombant, branches ramifiées, aspect duveteux, zooxanthellate | |
| Rumphella torta | ||
MàJ 19/03/2023
