gorgonian id please

[jlscrug]

Hello everyone!

I traded a ricordea today for a gorgonian but I don't know to which family/genus/species this animal belongs. I know a picture would be better than 1000 words I can write but it is a moot point as I have no digital camera. Here goes my best effort: gorg frag is purple, about the thickness of a toothpick, stem is not 'round' it is more like a flattened oblong shape, and has very small (about 1/16-3/32 inch) brown polyps that do not protrude over the entire surface of the stem, instead they come out opposite each other (in a row running the length of the stem on each side).

Thanks!

-john

 

[Panzz]

here is a great site for which you could try identifying your gorgonian and I think it should be in one of them
http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/zoo/1024frameset.htm
hope you could identify it soon!!!

 

[Panzz]

forgotten to add look under soft corals and then gorgonians you should know anyway jus in case you can't find where it is I am refering to.

 

[lsplitte]

sounds like a purple sea whip.