Leptogorgia exigua | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Octocorallia |
Order: | Alcyonacea |
Family: | Gorgoniidae |
Genus: | Leptogorgia |
Species: | L. exigua
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Binomial name | |
Leptogorgia exigua
Verrill, 1870
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Leptogorgia exigua is a coral species first described by Addison Emery Verrill in 1870. [1] Verrill initially considered this species a diminutive variant of L. cuspidata, but ultimately decided to consider L. exigua a separate species. [2] It is native to the Pacific Ocean. [3]