Alcyonium glomeratum (Hassal, 1843)
(Red Sea Fingers, Red Dead Men’s Fingers)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAlcyonium glomeratum (Red Sea Fingers, Red Dead Men’s Fingers)
GenusAlcyonium (a genus of coelenterates)
FamilyALCYONIIDAE (sea fingers)
SuborderALCYONIINA (a suborder of coelenterates)
OrderALCYONACEA (sea fingers)
SubclassOCTOCORALLIA (soft corals)
ClassANTHOZOA (sea anemones and corals)
PhylumCNIDARIA (hydroids, jelly fish, sea anemones, jellyfish)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Scott, M. 2008 Sea change: new measures to protect Britain’s marine environment British Wildlife Vol 19, no. 6: Front cover, 401-410.

Alcyonium glomeratum (Red Sea Fingers, Red Dead Men’s Fingers) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alcyonium glomeratum (Red Sea Fingers, Red Dead Men’s Fingers)
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