Three new species of the sea fan genus (Octocorallia, Gorgoniidae) from the Gulf of California, Mexico.

Three new sea fan species of were discovered during multiple scuba diving expeditions along the Gulf of California coast and islands. is distributed in the southern region of the gulf (Mexican Province), inhabiting tropical rocky reefs of the Islas Marías Archipelago (Nayarit) and Bahía Banderas (Jalisco). This species has small colonies (< 7 cm height) with at least five clearly distinct chromotypes. was found exclusively on the rocky reefs of San Pedro Mártir and San Esteban Islands located in the northern region of the Gulf of California (northern region of Cortez Province). is distributed from the south to the northern region of the Gulf of California (Cortez Province), inhabiting substrates of rocky reefs, sandy and pebbly sea floors. Comprehensive ecological diving expeditions to identify and classify octocorals in the Mexican Pacific (1995-2019) indicate that and are likely to be micro-endemics and is endemic to the Gulf of California, which defines their currently known biogeographic distribution ranges.