. Dwellers of the sea and shore . gorgonia; a sea fan. On the mud flats and coral reefs of Florida, and the reefs that form the keys, can be seen the sea fans grow- ing in vast fields, strange, exotic, and colorful. Tech- nically they are known as Gorgonias. They are col- onies of polyps having a calcareous or horny skeleton branching profusely in one plane. The branches are often fine and run together, forming a network of great intricacy. Some of these structures are several feet in length and in breadth, and are in the shape of an enor- mous fan. Certain varieties of Gorgonias resemble bran
. Dwellers of the sea and shore . gorgonia; a sea fan. On the mud flats and coral reefs of Florida, and the reefs that form the keys, can be seen the sea fans grow- ing in vast fields, strange, exotic, and colorful. Tech- nically they are known as Gorgonias. They are col- onies of polyps having a calcareous or horny skeleton branching profusely in one plane. The branches are often fine and run together, forming a network of great intricacy. Some of these structures are several feet in length and in breadth, and are in the shape of an enor- mous fan. Certain varieties of Gorgonias resemble branching shrubs; and the shapes of others are rodlike,
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