Yellow Sea Fan on Black Base
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It’s latin name doesn’t says this sea fan is yellow: Gorgonia Violacea, but indeed, it’s natural color is this bright yellow. Gorgonians, like corals, are animals living in sessile colonial polyps, organized in a tree shape. Each polyp has 8 tentacles that filter the plankton and consume it. The general structure, a skeleton both soft and hard, called gorgonine do not grow in the direction of the sun (it does not require light to grow) but perpendicular to the current, in order to filter a maximum of water flow.
Base Finsh: Black Wood
Color/Finish: Yellow
Material: Wood, Natural Material
Width: 50 cm
Height: 53 cm
Depth: 11 cm
It’s latin name doesn’t says this sea fan is yellow: Gorgonia Violacea, but indeed, it’s natural color is this bright yellow. Gorgonians, like corals, are animals living in sessile colonial polyps, organized in a tree shape. Each polyp has 8 tentacles that filter the plankton and consume it. The general structure, a skeleton both soft and hard, called gorgonine do not grow in the direction of the sun (it does not require light to grow) but perpendicular to the current, in order to filter a maximum of water flow.
Base Finsh: Black Wood
Color/Finish: Yellow
Material: Wood, Natural Material
Width: 50 cm
Height: 53 cm
Depth: 11 cm