Acanthogorgia vegae Aurivillius, 1931
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Family:  Acanthogorgiidae ()
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Environment:  sessile; marine
Distribution:  Northwest Pacific: Japan, China, and Hong Kong.
Diagnosis:  Yellow colony arises from a large, lobate basal basal disk. The large, cylindical polyps project perpendicularly. Sclerites at the polyp base are large, and either plain or s-shaped. Crown sclerites are smaller and stem sclerites are fusiform. The axis is thick and brown.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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