Gorgonia /(gôr*gō"nĭ*ȧ)/

Gor·go·ni·a

Gorgonia

n.
  1. A genus of Gorgoniacea, formerly very extensive, but now restricted to such species as the West Indian sea fan (Gorgonia flabellum), sea plume (G. setosa), and other allied species having a flexible, horny axis. (Zool.)
  2. Any slender branched gorgonian.