Blue Octocoral

Sarcothelia edmondsoni

Classification

Class: Anthozoa
Order: Malacalcyonacea
Family: Xeniidae

Sarcothelia is a genus of soft corals in the family Xeniidae. Taxonomy Two species are known, Sarcothelia edmondsoni and S. indica.

Distribution

Blue Octocoral — (c) Mark Wagner, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 121

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Mark Wagner, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionSarcothelia, Wikipedia contributors

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