How deep does the Octocoral live?

The Octocoral (Paramuricea grayi) is typically found at 20–2195 m.

Octocoral

Paramuricea grayi

Group: Coral
Typical depth: 20–2195 m

This sea fan anchors to mixed bottoms of shell and gravel in deeper water, from about 20 metres down to nearly 2,200 metres. A soft coral rather than a stony one, its branching colony spreads polyps into the current to feed.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Octocorallia › Malacalcyonacea › Acanthogorgiidae › Paramuricea

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 125388.

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How deep does the Octocoral live?: The Octocoral (Paramuricea grayi) is typically found at 20–2195 m.