Iciligorgia schrammi

Iciligorgia schrammi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Subclass:	Octocorallia
Order:	Alcyonacea
Suborder:	Scleraxonia
Family:	Anthothelidae
Genus:	Iciligorgia
Species:	I. schrammi
Binomial name
Iciligorgia schrammi Duchassaing, 1870[1]

Iciligorgia schrammi, common names deepwater sea fan and black sea fan^[2][3] is a species of gorgonian sea fan in the family Anthothelidae.^[1]

Description

Iciligorgia schrammi is dichotomously branched in a single plane, and can be light brown to bright red in colour.^[4]

Distribution

In the Atlantic Ocean, this species is found in Georgia to south Florida, Brazil, and in the Caribbean.^[4]

Habitat

Iciligorgia schrammi normally grows at depths from 3 to 368 metres. It lives on vertical walls, and can also grow in deep water where the water is clear and the current high on slope breaks.^[5]

Postage stamp

An illustration of this species appears on a 2005 Aruban 100 cent postage stamp.^[6]

References

External links

• Image of postage stamp
• Images of fistulose stem tip and sclerites

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