Gorgonia flabellum
| Gorgonia flabellum | |
|---|---|
| Venus sea fan showing lateral branchlets | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Alcyonacea |
| Family: | Gorgoniidae |
| Genus: | Gorgonia |
| Species: | G. flabellum |
| Binomial name | |
| Gorgonia flabellum | |
Gorgonia flabellum, also known as the Venus fan, Venus sea fan, West Indian sea fan, purple gorgonian seafan, and common sea fan, is a species of sea fan, a sessile colonial soft coral.