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Paper describes new gorgon species

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A paper published in the journal ZooKeys has described two new soft coral species found in the eastern Pacific. The gorgoniid Eugorgia has a wide geographic and bathymetric range of distribution, found from California to Perú and extends down to 65 m deep. The new species described are Eugorgia beebei and Eugorgia mutabilis. The morphological characters were analyzed and illustrated by light and scanning electron microscopy.