Palmate sea fan
A species of Leptogorgia Scientific name : Leptogorgia palma Genus : Leptogorgia
Palmate sea fan, A species of Leptogorgia
Botanical name: Leptogorgia palma
Genus: Leptogorgia
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Description
Photo By Peter Southwood , used under CC-BY-SA-3.0 /Cropped and compressed from original 
Description
This fan grows up to 2m in total height and is bright red. It has small white polyps which retract into slits in the colony when not feeding. It has branches which fork from the central flattened trunk.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Cnidarians Class
Sea anemones and corals Order
Sea fans Family
Gorgoniidae Genus
Leptogorgia Species
Palmate sea fan 
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