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sea whip, erect colony of marine animals of the phylum Cnidaria, with whiplike branches. The skeleton consists of a horny axis, overlaid with small calcareous bodies called spicules. Often beautifully colored, sea whips and the closely related sea fans sea fan, colonial marine animal forming erect, flattened, branching colonies in tropical and subtropical waters. Colonies may be several feet high and are often colorful, with purples, reds, and yellows predominating. ..... Click the link for more information. and sea feathers add to the beauty of tropical or subtropical shallow-water marine communities. Sea whips are classified in the phylum Cnidaria Cnidaria (nīdâr`ēə) or Coelenterata ..... Click the link for more information. , class Anthozoa, order Gorgonacea. |
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The plankton-consuming sea whip Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae is a soft-coral animal, purple in color and 2-3 feet in length, which lives permanently attached to coral along the entire 125-mile length of Grand Bahama Island. A face cream from a major cosmetics manufacturer contains pseudopterosin, an anti-inflammatory compound extracted from the Caribbean sea whip, a kind of soft coral. Researchers from Vanderbilt University in Nashville and their colleagues report the unusual structure and function of another chemical, from a Caribbean sea whip, in the Sept. |
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