Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Brazilian reefs Author Castro, C. B. Author Medeiros, M. S. Author Loiola, L. L. text Journal of Natural History 2010 2010-03-15 44 13 - 14 763 827 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930903441160 journal article 10.1080/00222930903441160 1464-5262 5207416 Genus Phyllogorgia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1850 Diagnosis Planar colonies. Branching pinnate, ramification pinnate, lax, with branch axes loosely anastomosing. Coenenchyme almost always forming more or less continuous lamina, by filling in meshes of axes net. Coenenchymal sclerites scaphoids with echinulate convex profile, and stout spindles with girdles of tubercles ( Bayer 1961: 271 ). Type species Gorgonia dilatata Esper, 1806 , by original designation.