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sea whip

n.
Any of various gorgonian corals growing in clusters of long flexible whiplike stalks with few or no branches.
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elisabethae (designated PsA-PsZ), also known as the sea whip, sea fan, or sea plume, have been isolated.
Patterns in the local distribution of the sea whip (Halipteris willemoesi), in an area impacted by mobile fishing gear.
Prunus persica (peach) 35.0 kernel oil (and) hydrogenated vegetable oil Candelilla wax 10.0 Beeswax 6.0 Tocopherol 0.1 Caprylic/capric triglyceride 30.8 Prunus armeniaca (apricot) 5.0 kernel oil (and) hydrogenated vegetable oil Simmondsia chinensis 10.0 (jojoba) seed oil Copemicia cerifera (camauba) wax 3.0 Caprylic/capric triglyceride (and) 0.1 sea whip extract Procedure: Combine ingredients and mix while heating to 80[degrees]C.
Salicylic acid clears away dead surface cells that, clog pores to help resolve and prevent breakouts; laminaria sac-charilia helps normalize the excess production of oil; and sea whip extract calms and soothes skin and helps reduce surface redness.
For example, the aforementioned CoralActives brand uses sustainably sourced sea whip coral to reduce redness and inflammation, while ReNUcell, a restorative healing cream from Infinite Healthcare Partners, uses a patented, plant-based bioactive among its ingredients.
The footrope with a PVC-covered groundline reduced sea whip and Dungeness crab disturbance rates by 63% (P < 0.05) and 55% (P < 0.001), respectively, but failed to reduce disturbance rates for sea stars and anemones (Fig.
A gobiid fish and a palaemonid shrimp living on an antipatharian sea whip in the tropical Pacific.
The Luxvia revitalizing eye gel is formulated with a combination of protein, peptides and botanicals including sea whip, aloe and cucumber, it said in a statement.
Not only does the Bering Sea whip up 40-foot rollers; unusually high crests--perhaps 60 feet high--also arise spontaneously.
* Extractions of pseudopterosins from the Caribbean sea whip have anti-inflammatory qualities that may help treat arthritis and asthma; sponsored by the National Sea Grant program at the University of California's Santa Barbara and San Diego campuses.
The plankton-consuming sea whip Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae is a soft-coral animal, purple in color and 2-3 feet in length, which lives permanently attached to coral along the entire 125-mile length of Grand Bahama Island.
PAIN TAMER A sea whip (below) is a kind of soft coral.