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Leptogorgia exigua

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Anthozoa

Order
  
Alcyonacea

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Cnidaria

Subclass
  
Octocorallia

Family
  
Gorgoniidae

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Leptogorgia exigua is a coral species first described by Addison Emery Verrill in 1870. Verrill initially considered this species a diminutive variant of L. cuspidata, but ultimately decided to consider L. exigua a separate species. It is native to the Pacific Ocean.

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Leptogorgia exigua Wikipedia