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1. PHYLUM CNIDARIA
Gorgonia
Tubipora
Turbinaria

2. GORGONIA
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Subclass Octocorallia
Order Gorgonacea
Genus Gorgonia
Species Gorgonia ventalina

3. GORGONIA
• The body is a colony, made from a collagen-like compound, known as gorgonin and
calcite.
• The purple pigmentation is produced in the branches which extend and grow up to 180cm
tall and 150cm wide.
• Found in the Caribbean Sea and tropical western Atlantic, including southern Florida,
Cuba, the Belizean coast, Tobago’s reefs, and Venezuela. Gorgonians are not listed
among the endangered animals.
• The sea fan is a nocturnal, carnivorous, passive feeder which develops around strong
water currents. When they fuse and fertilization occurs, the larvae produced settle onto
the ocean floor, attach onto a solid surface and begin growth. The larva spends several
days as plankton before it can start a new colony.
• It has been used in medical research as compounds were extracted to make antibiotics,
though its most common use is in aquariums.

4. TUBIPORA
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Subclass Octocorallia
Order Alcyonacea
Genus Tubipora
Species Tubipora musica

5. TUBIPORA
• It is green colored colonial hydroid coral but skeleton becomes dull red due to
presence of iron salts in it. Its polyps are united at different intervals by plateforms,
formed by fusion of spicules.
• This species is widespread in the Indo-Pacific region. It can be found from the Red
Sea and East Africa to Southeast Asia, including southern Japan, Australia, and the
Coral Sea.
• IUCN Red list status – Near threatened (NT)
• The permanently colored skeleton of organ pipe corals makes it an attractive material
for ornaments and jewelery .

6. TURBINARIA
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Subclass Octocorallia
Order Alcyonacea
Genus Tubipora
Species Turbinaria mesenterina

7. TURBINARIA
• It has either a foliate or massive corallum with wide inter-calicinal areas cut
into ridges with furrows and pits intervening. The septa appear neat, not
differing much from each other.
• In the Indo-West Pacific, this species is found in the Red Sea and the Gulf
of Aden, the southwest and northwest Indian Ocean, the Arabian/Iranian
Gulf, central Indian Ocean, the central Indo-Pacific, Australia, southern
Japan and the South China Sea, the oceanic West Pacific, and the Central
Pacific.
• The conservation status of several species in this genus is listed by the
International Union for Conservation of Nature as "vulnerable". But T.
mesenterina is considered to be common.