Gray Plexaurella
Plexaurella grisea
Kunze, 1916

Description:
Colonies are tall and dichotomously branched, up to 60 cm in height. End branches are long, straight and stiff, and 7-12 mm in diameter. Apertures pore-like and ellipsoid with the long axes orientated along the branch. Apertures not elevated, thus branch surfaces smooth.

Color:
Grayish.

Habitat:
A patch reef species, occasionally found inshore.

Distribution:
Florida and Caribbean.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Subclass Octocorallia
Order Gorgonacea
Genus Plexaurella
Species Plexaurella grisea

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Accepted name: Plexaurella grisea Kunze, 1916

Scientific synonyms and common names

Gray Plexaurella [English]

Cairns, S., 1977. Guide to the Commoner Shallow-water Gorgonians (Sea Whips, Sea Feathers and Sea Fans) of Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Region. Sea Grant Field Guide Series, 6.

Voss, G.L., 1976. Seashore life of Florida and the Carribbean. Banyan Books, Inc. Miami, Florida.

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