title: The World's largest known Gorgonian.
abstract: Gorgonians in the deep sea can be much larger than their shallow water counterparts, but there are only a few scattered measurements. We have estimated the size of a chrysogorgiid gorgonian, Iridogorgia magnispiralis Watling 2007, observed from a submersible on Twin Banks in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, as being 5.7 m tall.
authors.forename: Les
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Watling
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rowley
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guinotte
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D006254:Hawaii