California sea lion (Zalophus californianus), playing with gorgonia, Los Islotes, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Gorgonian Sea Fan (Gorgonia sp.). Sardinia, Italy (RR)

Coral Reef Scene with Sea Fans (Gorgonia sp.). Wakatobi, Onemobaa Island, Indonesia (RR)

Common sea fan (Gorgonia ventalina), Molasses Reef, Key Largo, Florida, United States of America, Atlantic Ocean, North America

Diver and Seafans (Gorgonia sp). Borneo, Malaysia (RR)

Venus Sea Fan (Gorgonia flabellum), typical shallow water sea fan of the Caribbeab Little Cayman Island, Cayman Islands, Caribbean

Venus Sea Fan (Gorgonia flabellum), typical shallow water sea fan of the Caribbeab Little Cayman Island, Cayman Islands, Caribbean

Colourful coral reef with soft corals Dendronephthya.

Scuba diver carrying a torch swims through a sandy bottomed channel between coral reefs and observes a Sea Fan coral (Gorgonia flabellum), barrier reef, San Pedro, Ambergris Cay Island, Belize, Central America, Caribbean

Diver's portraits behind a Gorgonie. The diver breaths a gas mixture, Nitrox.

Diver swims behind a Gorgonia.

Diver's portraits behind a Gorgonie. The diver breaths a gas mixture, Nitrox.

Close-up of a Common Sea Fan (Gorgonia Ventalina), Cayman Islands, West Indies

Close-up of a Common Sea Fan (Gorgonia Ventalina), Cayman Islands, West Indies

Catshark egg, (Scyliorhinus sp.), on Yellow gorgonia, (Eunicella cavolini), Marine Protected area Punta Campanella, Massa Lubrense, Penisola Sorrentina, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean