COMMON SEA FAN

Gorgonia ventalina

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COMMON SEA FAN

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Gorgonia ventalina Linnaeus, 1758

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Behavior

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Gorgonia ventalina will orient according so that the "fan" is perpendicular to the motion of the waves. This orientation only occurs in the adult sea fans. The young will grow in any direction, but as they mature will slowly shift until they are facing the current. (Grigg, March 1972)

Communication and Perception

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In Anthozoans, specialized sensory organs are absent and nerves are arranged in nerve nets. Most nerve cells allow impulses to travel in either direction. Hairlike projections on individual cells are mechanoreceptors and possible chemoreceptors. Some Anthozoans show a sensitivity to light. (Brusca and Brusca, 2003)