Dead-man's Fingers 039FL_Eastport, ME©JMacCausland'10.tif
Add to LightboxDeadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) thrive in high current areas in the subtidal zone, this one in Maine. They are a soft tissue octocoral. when the polyps are retracted, they look like the swollen fingers of a dead sailor. The colonial clumps can be up to 8".
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Dead-man's fingers finger leather coral encrustinng leather coral solt coral Soft coat coral Cnidarian soft corals (Alcyonaceans) Deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) octocoral octocorallia eight tentacles Eastport Maine USA high current filter feeder Artic to Rhode Island or Bay of Biscay cold water Low light areas
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