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Dead man's fingers is a colonial coral forming clumps of yellow, white or cream-coloured fleshy masses of finger-like lobes. The surface layer include many sclerites which form a crust. The individual polyps are white and translucent, and project from the leathery surface when feeding, giving the colony a furry appearance. The polyps feed at various times of the day with their tentacles extended. They are suspension feeders gathering plankton from the water with the help of cilia, and absorbing oxygen at the same time. Learn more about Dead Man's Fingers
View related species in family group: Coral and Sea Whip
Animalia: Cnidaria: Alcyonacea: Anthozoa: Alcyoniidae: Alcyonium digitatum