Record Summary | dead fans washed up on shore |
Found as | Dead animal |
Date | 6 May 2008 |
OS grid ref | OSGR: SY67 |
Lat/Lon | 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W |
Vice County | Dorset, VC no: 9 |
Country | England |
Voucher | 6 May 2008[P] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes: Fresh specimens have a thin white coating, but older eroded specimens are purple-black and surprisingly wood-like, even down to the way the outer layer peels off like bark to reveal a wood-coloured inner core with a fibrous structure like the grain of wood.
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