Sea Finger (Alcyonium Acaule)

Latin name: Alcyonium acaule
Common name: Sea finger
Family: Alcyoniidae
Genus: Alcyonium

Habitat: Wide-spreading it attaches to hard substrate.

Size, shape & colour: These hand-shaped colonies have red stubby finger-like projections up to 12cm tall, with red-yellow polyps.

Protected under Gibraltar's Nature Protection Ordinance