Gorgonians

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Gorgonians

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:state_order
gptkbp:class	gptkb:Anthozoa
gptkbp:color	Varies (often purple, red, yellow, orange)
gptkbp:commonName	Sea fans Sea whips
gptkbp:distribution	Worldwide, especially tropical and subtropical oceans
gptkbp:ecologicalRole	Habitat for marine life
gptkbp:feedingType	Suspension feeder
gptkbp:firstDescribed	18th century
gptkbp:growthForm	Slow
gptkbp:habitat	Marine
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Gorgonians
gptkbp:kingdom	gptkb:Animalia
gptkbp:lifespan	Several decades
gptkbp:notableGenus	gptkb:Eunicella gptkb:Pseudopterogorgia gptkb:Gorgonia Plexaura
gptkbp:order	gptkb:Cnidarians
gptkbp:phylum	gptkb:Cnidaria
gptkbp:polypType	Eight-tentacled polyps
gptkbp:relatedTo	Corals Sea pens
gptkbp:reproduction	Asexual Sexual
gptkbp:scientificName	gptkb:Alcyonacea
gptkbp:skeletonType	Proteinaceous or calcareous
gptkbp:structure	Colonial
gptkbp:subclassOf	gptkb:Octocorallia
gptkbp:symbiosisWith	gptkb:Zooxanthellae
gptkbp:threats	Climate change Overfishing Pollution Ocean acidification
gptkbp:usedIn	Aquariums
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:coral_reef
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5