Eunicella verrucosa: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Eunicella verrucosa Eunicella verrucosa Vulnerable

Where the eunicella verrucosa lives – recorded in 8 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 6,574 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See jellyfish, corals & anemones on the world map

Scientific name	Eunicella verrucosa
Group	Jellyfish, corals & anemones
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	8 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Cnidarian
Order	Malacalcyonacea
Family	Eunicellidae

Where does the eunicella verrucosa live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the eunicella verrucosa in 8 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the eunicella verrucosa endangered?

The eunicella verrucosa’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the eunicella verrucosa?

The eunicella verrucosa (Eunicella verrucosa) is a cnidarian in the order Malacalcyonacea and the family Eunicellidae, genus Eunicella. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the eunicella verrucosa

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Eunicella verrucosa (revision 1355309922), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q301518 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).