Purple Horn Sea Whip
Scientific Name: Ellisella ceratophyta
Species: Sea Fans (Plexauridae)
Other names: Gorgonian Sea Fans, Sea Fan, Sea Rod, Sea Whip, Branching Soft Coral.
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Purple Horn Sea WhipUploaded by: @fishx6 in May 2008
Photographed at: Mirihi Island Resort - Maldives
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Description
Also known as Gorgonian Sea Fans, Sea Fan, Sea Rod, Whip Corals, Sea Whip and Branching Soft Coral.
Found in inshore waters with some current on coral and rocky reefs generally on deep water terraces, cave floors and bottom of terraces, rarely above 5m
Varies in colour.
They feed on plankton.
Length - 100cm
Depth - 5-30m
Widespread Indo-Pacific
Most soft corals have no true skeleton and so their bodies are flexible.
Some soft corals have spikes very similar to rose thorns which may help to protect against predators.
Soft corals are food and shelter to many marine animals, some of which hide in the branches and take on the colouration of these corals.
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The Purple Horn Sea Whip is found in or near the Indo-Pacific region(s) and has been photographed 8 times by user @fishx6
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