Sibogagorgia californica sp. nov., SBMNH 422978. A Large, ~36 cm long colony fragment B close-up view of polyps, illustrating color and position on branch; note contrast color between polyps and surrounding coenenchyme, characteristic of species in the genus. This may however, be a partially bleached specimen, rather than one exhibiting true coloring.

 
 
  Part of: Horvath EA (2019) A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, and Calcaxonia – Part I: Introduction, species of Scleraxonia and Holaxonia (Family Acanthogorgiidae). ZooKeys 860: 1-66. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.19961