Gorgonia


Gor`go´ni`a

(gôr`gō´nĭ`å)
n.1.(Zool.) A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis.
2.Any slender branched gorgonian.