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Princeton's WordNet
Gorgonacea, suborder Gorgonacea, Gorgoniacea, suborder Gorgoniaceanoun
red corals and sea fans
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gorgonacea
Alcyonacea, (gorgonian corals or soft corals), are an order of corals. In addition to the fleshy soft corals, the order Alcyonacea now contains all species previously known as "gorgonian corals", that produce a more or less hard skeleton, though quite different from "true" corals (Scleractinia). These can be found in suborders Holaxonia, Scleraxonia, and Stolonifera. They are sessile colonial cnidarians that are found throughout the oceans of the world, especially in the deep sea, polar waters, tropics and subtropics. Common names for subsets of this order are sea fans and sea whips; others are similar to the sea pens of related order Pennatulacea. Individual tiny polyps form colonies that are normally erect, flattened, branching, and reminiscent of a fan. Others may be whiplike, bushy, or even encrusting. A colony can be several feet high and across, but only a few inches thick. They may be brightly coloured, often purple, red, or yellow. Photosynthetic gorgonians can be successfully kept in captive aquaria. About 500 different species of gorgonians are found in the oceans of the world, but they are particularly abundant in the shallow waters of the Western Atlantic, including Florida, Bermuda, and the West Indies.
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gorgonacea
Gorgonacea, also known as sea fans or sea whips, is a taxonomic order of colonial sessile marine animals belonging to the subclass Octocorallia (anthozoans, class Anthozoa, phylum Cnidaria). They are characterized by a typically branched, tree-like or fan-like structure, with each polyp in the colony enclosed in a cup-shaped skeletal structure.
Webster Dictionary
Gorgonacea
see Gorgoniacea
Etymology: [NL.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gorgonacea in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gorgonacea in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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