Dead man's hand

Latin: Alcyonium digitatum

Size:

20 cm

Levested:

Current-exposed hard seabed down to 700 meters

Distribution:

Northern parts of Europe's coasts from Biscay to Iceland and Northern Norway. The entire Norwegian coast

Food:

Plankton and dead organic matter

Facts about Dødmannshånd

Dead man's hand gets its slightly grotesque name from the way it looks when taken out of water, such as dead specimens that have drifted ashore.

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