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Gorgon

(gôr`gən), in Greek mythology, one of three monstrous sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa; daughters of Ceto and Phorcus. Their hair was a cluster of writhing snakes, and their faces were so hideous that all who saw them were turned to stone. Only MedusaMedusa
, in Greek mythology, most famous of the three monstrous Gorgon sisters. She was once a beautiful woman, but she offended Athena, who changed her hair into snakes and made her face so hideous that all who looked at her were turned to stone.
..... Click the link for more information. was mortal. They were much represented in Greek art.

Gorgon

Greek myth any of three winged monstrous sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, who had live snakes for hair, huge teeth, and brazen claws

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The biology and functional morphology of Pteria brevialata (Bivalvia: Pterioidea), epizoic on gorgonians in Hong Kong.

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That said, the oceans offer the greatest biodiversity on the planet and dermatologic preparations derived from such sources present intriguing possibilities, particularly the apparent anti-inflammatory activity of gorgonian and other terpenes.

Marine ingredients and the skin

loki, Great Barrier Reef, Linnet Reef, west side of reef, 6-15 m, from the gorgonian Ellisella quadrilineata, caught by hand, H.

Four new gobiid fishes of the genus Bryan mops from the East Indies

Pawlik, "A reappraisal of the chemical and physical defenses of Caribbean gorgonian corals against predatory fishes," Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol.

Natural prey preferences and spatial variability of predation pressure by Cyphoma Gibbosum (Mollusca: Gastropoda) on octocoral communities off La Parguera, Puerto Rico

Tying both products together is well-studied anti-inflammatory, anti-redness and anti-irritant Sea Whip Extract, or more technically, Gorgonian extract.

Ermis Labs takes aim at acne

Age and growth and radiometric age validation of a deep-sea, habitat-forming gorgonian (Primnoa resedaeformis) from the Gulf of Alaska.

Colonial life under the Humboldt current system: deep-sea corals from O'Higgins I seamount/La vida colonial bajo el sistema de la corriente de Humboldt: corales de aguas profundas en el monte submarino O'Higgins I

Additional sculptures include "Phoenix,O the first kinetic sculpture in the MUSA collection, which is based on a female form whose wings are propagated with living purple gorgonian fan coral, and "The Listener,O which portrays a lone figure that is assembled entirely from casts of human ears molded during a workshop of local Cancun students.

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It is a world of" super-saturated color, abundant with stony and gorgonian corals.

Invaders of the reef: as voracious lionfish infest Atlantic and Caribbean reefs, underwater hunters from one little island battle to keep their numbers down

Antiinflammatory effects of the gorgonian Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae collected at the Islands of Providencia and San Andres (SW Caribbean).

Rapida construccion de una libreria de los productos de cultivo de 14 bacterias del phylum firmicutes simbiontes del octocoral Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae de la Isla de Providencia (Caribe Sur-Occidental)

Because I've already done all that before, during the winter of 1989 and 1990, when an epidemic of indignation spread through Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, and then again in 1991 and 1997, when the Bulgarian Communist Party and its Gorgonian successor finally lost their suffocating grip on power.

The Ghost of Revolutions Past

5[alpha], 8[alpha]-Epidioxysterols from the gorgonian Eunicella cavolini and the ascidian Trididemnum inarmatum: Isolation and evaluation of their antiproliferation activity.

Anti-inflammatory principles from Heritiera littoralis bark

Flying with the fast water flow, we raced past a forest of brightly coloured giant gorgonian fans and traversed through a labyrinth of large volcanic boulders.