> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md) **Phylum**:: [Cnidaria](Cnidaria.md) **Subphylum**:: [Anthozoa](Anthozoa.md) **Superclass**:: **Class**:: [Octocorallia](Octocorallia.md) **Subclass**:: **Superorder**:: **Order**:: [Alcyonacea](Alcyonacea.md) **Suborder**:: Holaxonia **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Gorgoniidae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Eunicella **Species**:: E. cavolini **Vernacular**:: Yellow gorgonian ## Photos ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1693166758/obsidian/Mediterran%C3%A9e/2023-04-29%20-%20Sec%20d%27Alon%20et%20Grottes%20fauconi%C3%A8res/P4290552_sig4s0.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1693166758/obsidian/Mediterran%C3%A9e/2023-04-29%20-%20Sec%20d%27Alon%20et%20Grottes%20fauconi%C3%A8res/P4290552_sig4s0.jpg) *[117 - 2023-04-29 - Le Gibus - Saint Cyr - France](117%20-%202023-04-29%20-%20Le%20Gibus%20-%20Saint%20Cyr%20-%20France.md) - Common in the Mediterranean sea. Here on a little [Drooping](Drooping.md) around 15m.* ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1698185445/obsidian/Mediterran%C3%A9e/2023-07-22%20Grottes%20fauconieres%20w%20Italien/P7220113_zwghmc.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1698185445/obsidian/Mediterran%C3%A9e/2023-07-22%20Grottes%20fauconieres%20w%20Italien/P7220113_zwghmc.jpg) *[135 - 2023-07-22 - Grottes fauconières - Saint Cyr - France](135%20-%202023-07-22%20-%20Grottes%20fauconières%20-%20Saint%20Cyr%20-%20France.md) - Zoom on the polyps that are out. * ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1698270180/obsidian/Mediterran%C3%A9e/2023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20w%20Jennifer/P7300169_iqu14p.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1698270180/obsidian/Mediterran%C3%A9e/2023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20w%20Jennifer/P7300169_iqu14p.jpg) *[137 - 2023-07-30 - Pointe de Seneyrolles - La Ciotat - France](137%20-%202023-07-30%20-%20Pointe%20de%20Seneyrolles%20-%20La%20Ciotat%20-%20France.md) - I'm really impressed by this picture. We can see so much things in just one frame and it witnesses how hard it is for animals to find a place on the substrate to keep living. There's [Diplosoma spongiforme - Jelly-synascidian](Diplosoma%20spongiforme%20-%20Jelly-synascidian.md), on a [Pentapora fascialis - Rose coral](Pentapora%20fascialis%20-%20Rose%20coral.md), on a E. cavolini, on a [Crambe crambe - Orange-red encrusting sponge](Crambe%20crambe%20-%20Orange-red%20encrusting%20sponge.md), with a [Halocynthia papillosa - Red seasquirt](Halocynthia%20papillosa%20-%20Red%20seasquirt.md) and some [Parazoanthus axinellae - Yellow encrusting anemone](Parazoanthus%20axinellae%20-%20Yellow%20encrusting%20anemone.md) on the [Lithophyllum spp. - Stone-leaf](Lithophyllum%20spp.%20-%20Stone-leaf.md) background. Woooosh!* ## Notes ## References - https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Eunicella-cavolini-Gorgone-jaune-247 - [Découvrir la vie sous-marine - Méditerranée - Steven Weinberg](Découvrir%20la%20vie%20sous-marine%20-%20Méditerranée%20-%20Steven%20Weinberg.md) p197