Octocoral

Eunicea laciniata

• Group: Coral
• Typical depth: 3–19 m

This soft coral grows as a branching, plant like colony on reefs and rocky bottoms between about 3 and 19 metres. Countless tiny polyps cover the flexible stalks, each reaching out to catch plankton drifting past.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Octocorallia › Malacalcyonacea › Plexauridae › Eunicea

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 283250.