Distribution of gorgonian “red whip” forms. Includes species that are predominantly seen as a whip rather than a branched colony as well as several species that, while usually branched, do frequently display a slender, whip-like body type. Ranges determined from all material examined, with emphasis on specimens housed in SBMNH collection.

 
 
  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, Calcaxonia – Part II: Species of Holaxonia, families Gorgoniidae and Plexauridae. ZooKeys 860: 67-182. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.33597