Stylaster venustus  (Pink (Purple) Hydrocoral)

© Neil McDaniel (Photo ID #15674)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Race Rocks, Strait of Juan de Fuca
Photographer	Neil McDaniel
Habitat	subtidal, boulders/bedrock
Photo Date
Upload Date	January 04, 2012
Elevation (m)	-10
Latitude	48.3
Longitude	-123.54
Photo ID #	15674
Comments	The Branching Hydrocoral forms massive colonies up to 50 cm across in current-swept habitats. It is especially abundant at Race Rocks off the south end of Vancouver Island. Stylaster venustus is the accepted name, see Cairns and Lindner, 2011, ZooKeys 158: 1-88.