Pink Sea Fan (Keith Hiscock)

Pink Sea Fan (Eunicella verrucosa)

 

While common in parts of south Devon, the slow-growing Pink Sea Fan, (pictured above with Red Fingers (Alcyonium glomeratum) to the left), has been classed as a globally vulnerable species on the IUCN Red list.

 

Formed from a colony of tiny creatures called polyps, pink sea fans branch out along a single plane at a right angle to the prevailing current. This maximises the amount of suspended food matter that the sea fan can filter through its structure.

 

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Recorded at the following marine conservation zones:

 

Bideford to Foreland Point - www.wildlifetrusts.org/MCZ/bideford-to-foreland-point

Hartland Point to Tintagel - www.wildlifetrusts.org/MCZ/hartland-point-to-tintagel

Skerries bank and surrounds - www.wildlifetrusts.org/MCZ/skerries-bank-and-surrounds

 

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www.devonwildlifetrust.org/species/Pink+sea+fan/

 

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