Eunicella verrucosa, the broad sea fan, pink sea fan or warty gorgonian, is a species of colonial Gorgonian "soft coral" in the family Gorgoniidae. It is native to the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and the western Mediterranean Sea.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pink Sea Fan being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Eunicella cavolini
- Leptogorgia alba
- Subergorgia suberosa
- Eunicella singularis
- Eunicella microthela
- Savalia lucifica
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Malacalcyonacea
- Family
- Eunicellidae
- Genus
- Eunicella
- Species
- Eunicella verrucosa
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