Name
Leptogorgia
soft coral
Framing
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Octocorallia
Order: Alcyonacea
Genus: Leptogorgia
Habitat
Marine, benthic, all types of bottoms
Feeding
Colonial, sessile, filter feeders
Distribution
Atlantic and Mediterranean
Conservation status
6 vulnerable species on the Andalusian coast. Main dangers: trawling and collection by divers.
Additional information
Polyps connected by tissue threads or stolons; each with 8 pinnate tentacles, gastrovascular cavity divided by 8 sarcosepts. Internal axial skeleton, covered with hard covering. Arboreal branching. Growth in a single plane, facing the preferred direction of flow.
Additional information
Bibliography
- Calvín Calvo, J.C. (1995). El ecosistema marino mediterráneo. Guía de su flora y fauna. Edita Juan Carlos Calvin; Sánchez Tocino, L. y A. Ocaña Martín (2003). Fauna Submarina. Serie: Los Libros de la Estrella. Edita Diputación de Granada.