hedge carnation coral

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Gersemia fruticosa is a species of soft coral in the family Nephtheidae. It is a deep sea species with a boreal distribution and is found in the northwest Atlantic Ocean, from off the coast of Delaware northward to Baffin Bay and the Davis Strait, and also in the northeast Atlantic Ocean in the Barents Sea. Biology Little is known of the reproduction of deep sea corals, especially soft corals, because observation is so difficult at the depths at which they live.

Gersemia es un género de corales que pertenece a la familia Nephtheidae, orden Alcyonacea, clase Anthozoa. Son octocorales de aguas frías, que habitan incluso bajo las capas de hielo del Ártico o la Antártida. Especies Actualmente se aceptan las siguientes especies:​ Gersemia antarctica.