Grooved-blade sea whip
Pterogorgia guadalupensis
Duchassaing & Michelin, 1846
Description:
Colonies heavily branched, more or less in single planes; colonies up to 60 cm in height. Branches long, flexible, quite flat and wide, tapering somewhat from the base to the end. Polyps extend from a groove that runs along the thin edges.
Color:
Branches olive to gray, occasionally light purple; polyps white to cream.
Habitat:
Inhabit a wide range of inshore environments, from back reef areas of sand and rubble to patch reefs of moderate depth.
Distribution:
Occasional Florida, Bahamas and Caribbean.