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The pink sea fan Eunicella is a soft coral colony composed of numerous tiny animals. They grow into spectacular, fan-like structures, aligned to capture food from seawater flowing past.
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Cnidaria Hydroids, jellyfish, sea anemones & corals
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Octocorallia
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Recorded northwards to north Pembrokeshire and eastwards to Portland Bill in Britain. Common in parts of south Devon and Cornwall and at Lundy. Present on the south and west coasts of Ireland but common only in Galway and Donegal Bays.
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Found mainly on upward facing bedrock in areas where water movement (wave action or tidal streams) is moderately strong.
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The "pink" sea fan may be white to deep pink in colour. Colonies branch profusely and the branches are covered in warty protuberences from which the small anemone-like polyps emerge. Colonies may be up to 50 cm high but more often up to 25 cm and are usually oriented in one plane (at right angles to the prevailing water currents).
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