Fig. 10.2 The gorgonian Ellisella paraplexauroides is one of the largest colonial invertebrates in
the Mediterranean Sea and dominates the rocky bottoms mainly between 20 and 25 m in the Special
Area of Conservation of the Chafarinas Islands. Here it is close to other smaller gorgonians (from
top to bottom, Eunicella verrucosa, Leptogorgia sarmentosa and Eunicella labiata), the orange
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