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Leptogorgia violacea
Description Leptogorgia sp., 57 m Yellowtail Reef, Gulf of Mexico.Photograph courtesy of NOAA-USGS-Deep Sea Systems International. Identifications by P. Etnoyer et al. For more information see supplementary material in: Etnoyer PJ, Wickes LN, Silva M, Dubick JD, Balthis L, Salgado E, MacDonald IR (2016). Decline in condition of gorgonian octocorals on mesophotic reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico: before and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Coral Reefs 35: 77-90.
Identification: Leptogorgia violacea according to https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/26466/noaa_26466_DS1.pdf (p18)
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