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Cornish Red Data (2009)

The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Cornish Red Data Book (2009). The map on this web page depicts the organisms distribution and shows the records made pre-2000 and those made since.

Eunicella verrucosa - Pink Sea Fan



Range & Status

Prefers the vertical or overhanging surfaces of rocks in depths of 10-200m. Found on

the south and west coasts of Britain where it can be quite common in the appropriate

habitat. This species has suffered in the past as a result of over-collection by divers and by various types of demersal fishing. It is now protected under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981) against killing, injury, taking possession and sale. It is also on the UK list of Priority Species with its own Species Action Plan.

Source:

I.J. Bennallick, S. Board, C.N. French, P.A. Gainey, C. Neil, R. Parslow, A. Spalding and P.E. Tompsett. eds. 2009. Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 2nd Edition.Croceago Press.

The Cornish Red Data Book Project was led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders (CISFBR). The full text and species accounts (minus the maps) are available on the CISFBR website.