---
title: "Abanico de mar"
description: "Gorgonia ventalina — Otros animales. Gorgonia ventalina, the common sea fan and purple sea fan, is a species of sea fan, an octocoral in the family Gorgoniidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/purple-sea-fan
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Abanico de mar

> Gorgonia ventalina — Otros animales. Gorgonia ventalina, the common sea fan and  purple sea fan, is a species of sea fan, an octocoral in the family Gorgoniidae.

- Scientific name: *Gorgonia ventalina*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 5126
- Wikidata: [Q3329148](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3329148)
- iNaturalist taxon: [120130](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120130)

## Names

- en: Purple Sea Fan
- es: Abanico de mar
- fr: Éventail de mer commun

## Countries with the most observations

MX (928), US (526), PR (331), KY (295), BZ (266), HN (257), VI (254), BS (234), CU (176), CW (120), GP (110), DO (97)

## Summary

Gorgonia ventalina, the common sea fan and  purple sea fan, is a species of sea fan, an octocoral in the family Gorgoniidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

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

## Photo

![Abanico de mar](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/purple-sea-fan/medium.jpg)

Photo: lallen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/73546284

## Machine access

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