Dead man's fingers  (Alcyonium digitatum)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Octocorallia
Order Alcyonacea
Family Alcyoniidae
Genus Alcyonium(1)
Size Colony height: up to 200 mm (2)
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Status

Not threatened (3).