WoRMS taxon details
original description
Manuel, R.L. (1988). British Anthozoa (Coelenterata: Octocorallia & Hexacorallia): keys and notes for the identification of the species. rev. Ed. Synopses of the British fauna (New Series). 18. E.J. Brill/W. Backhuys: London ISBN 90-04-08596-3. V, 241 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From other sources
Description Column translucent, whitish below shading to orange-pink above, often with irregular white streaks, mesenteric insertions forming opaque longitudinal lines. Disc translucent, colourless or tinted with orange, usually
blotched with opaque white on and around the lips and occasionally with small dark markings at the bases of the inner tentacles; actinopharynx pale orange. Tentacles translucent in extension, whitish at the base, shading to orange-pink on the outer two-thirds, often becoming magenta at the tips. Outer tentacles often faintly banded with white. [details]
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