Shelf-Knob Sea Rod

Eunicea succinea

• Group: Coral
• Typical depth: 1–6 m

A soft coral that grows as branching rods on Caribbean reefs and rocky bottoms in shallow water, it sways with the surge between about one and six metres. Its polyps reach into the current to gather plankton.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 283262.