---
title: "Eunicella stricta"
description: "Eunicella singularis — Andere dieren. Eunicella singularis, the white gorgonian, is a species of colonial soft coral, a sea fan in the family Gorgoniidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/white-gorgonian
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eunicella stricta

> Eunicella singularis — Andere dieren. Eunicella singularis, the white gorgonian, is a species of colonial soft coral, a sea fan in the family Gorgoniidae.

- Scientific name: *Eunicella singularis*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1027
- Wikidata: [Q2684828](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2684828)
- iNaturalist taxon: [548467](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/548467)

## Names

- en: White gorgonian
- de: Weiße Hornkoralle
- es: Gorgonia blanca
- fr: Gorgone blanche
- nl: Eunicella stricta

## Countries with the most observations

FR (467), ES (127), IT (34), HR (8)

## Summary

Eunicella singularis, the white gorgonian, is a species of colonial soft coral, a sea fan in the family Gorgoniidae. It is found in the western Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea. It was first described in 1791 by the German naturalist Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper.

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

## Photo

![Eunicella stricta](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-gorgonian/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andra Waagmeester · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177208349

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-gorgonian?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).