Soft corals & sea pens

Octocorals - colonial cnidarians with eight-fold polyp symmetry. Includes soft corals (Alcyonacea) and sea pens (Pennatulacea).

Last updated May 2026

Broad Sea Fan; Pink Sea FanEunicella verrucosa3 photos

Up to 80 cm0–20m

Observed at

La Virgen(Costa del Maresme)

Sea fingerAlcyonium acaule2 photos

Up to 20 cm0–125m

Observed at

El Jardín y La Red(Sant Feliu de Guíxols)La Calita(La Herradura)

Red coralCorallium rubrum1 photos

Up to 30 cm0–100m

Observed at

Dofí Nord(Illes Medes)

Yellow sea whipEunicella cavolini1 photos

Up to 50 cm0–100m

Observed at

Cala Margarida(Palamós)

Red dead man fingersAlcyonium palmatum1 photos

5–40mRocky reef

Lobed orange to red Mediterranean soft coral whose fleshy fingers extend translucent white polyps when feeding.

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