Alcyonium digitatum, Dead mans fingers

Alcyonium digitatum   Linnaeus, 1758

Dead mans fingers
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Octocorallia | Malacalcyonacea | Alcyoniidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Sessile.  Temperate

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Atlantic Ocean: USA, Canada and Germany.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Attached species (Ref. 3123). This organism prey on sea urchins, gastropods, bivalves, or crustaceans that crawl or swim into their grasp, indicating its carnivorous feeding type (Ref. 87872).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Sexes are separate but protogynous hermaphroditism also occurs (female gametes are matured before male elements in the same individual) (Ref. 87872).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko. 2003. (Ref. 1663)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


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Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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