Eunicella verrucosa (Pallas, 1766), (pink sea-fan)


6 May 2008 at OSGR: SY67 in Dorset, England

Record Summarydead fans washed up on shore
Found asDead animal
Date6 May 2008
OS grid refOSGR: SY67
Lat/Lon50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W
Vice CountyDorset, VC no: 9
CountryEngland
Voucher6 May 2008[P]
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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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