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title: "Colorful Sea Whip"
description: "Leptogorgia virgulata — Otros animales. Leptogorgia virgulata, commonly known as the sea whip or colorful sea whip, is a species of soft coral in the family Gorgoniidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/colorful-sea-whip
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Colorful Sea Whip

> Leptogorgia virgulata — Otros animales. Leptogorgia virgulata, commonly known as the sea whip or colorful sea whip, is a species of soft coral in the family Gorgoniidae.

- Scientific name: *Leptogorgia virgulata*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1131
- Wikidata: [Q2796848](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2796848)
- iNaturalist taxon: [363664](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/363664)

## Names

- en: Colorful Sea Whip

## Countries with the most observations

US (573)

## Summary

Leptogorgia virgulata, commonly known as the sea whip or colorful sea whip, is a species of soft coral in the family Gorgoniidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptogorgia_virgulata

## Photo

![Colorful Sea Whip](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/colorful-sea-whip/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ari Hippensteal · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399847253

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/colorful-sea-whip?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).