Stylaster verrillii
(Pink Branching Hydrocoral)
©
Neil McDaniel
(Photo ID #15676)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Weynton Passage
Photographer
Neil McDaniel
Habitat
subtidal, boulders/bedrock
Photo Date
Upload Date
January 04, 2012
Elevation (m)
-10
Latitude
50.5883333333333
Longitude
-126.833888888889
Photo ID #
15676
Comments
The Pink Branching Hydrocoral forms compact colonies up to 15 cm across in current-swept habitats. It is abundant in Skookumchuck Rapids and Weynton Passage. Stylaster verrillii is the accepted name, see Cairns and Lindner, 2011, ZooKeys 158: 1-88.