SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) on a rocky reef with view of the sky, Shetland, Scotland, UK, August.

Alex Mustard / Diver exploring the wreck of HMS Scylla, which is colonized by Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum). Whitsands Bay, Cornwall, England. UK, July.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Amphipod (Iphimedia obesa) on top of a colony of Deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) coral, Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April. Highly commended in the British Wildlife Photograph...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Great spider crab (Hyas araneus) on Deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) coral, feeding in a current, Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), growing on rock faces below the kelp, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, October 2011. Did you know? Soft co...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / A tiny amphipod (Iphimedia obesa) living on Dead man's fingers soft coral (Alcyonium digitatum) Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Long legged spider crab (Macropodia rostrata) on Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum). Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Common / Red sunstar (Crossaster papposus) amongst Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) on a rocky reef, beneath kelp. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Colourful deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) a type of soft coral, growing on a wall in Conservation Bay, Loch Carron, Scotland, UK, April. Model released.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / A gully lined with the soft coral Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) growing beneath a summer canopy of kelp, Rosehearty, Moray Firth, Scotland, UK, June

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Dead mens finger (Alcyonium digitatum) with Klas Malmberg in the background, Saltstraumen, Bodö, Norway, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Dead mens fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) growing on rock, Saltstraumen, Bodö, Norway, October 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Dead mens fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) and underwater scenery, Saltstraumen, Bodö, Norway, October 2008

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Colourful rocky reef with Dead man's finger (Alcyonium digitatum) and Kelp forest, North Sea, Shetland

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Rocky reef with Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) community of soft corals and anemones, Scotland, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Soft coral / Dead man's finger (Alcyonium digitatum) growing on a rocky reef with kelp forest above, Scotland, UK, February.

Sue Daly / Deadman's finger soft coral (Alcyonium digitatum) Trondheimsfjord, Norway, July.

Sue Daly / Reef wall with Dead man's fingers soft coral (Alcyonium digitatum), Isle of Man, July.

Sue Daly / Reef wall with Edible sea urchin (Echinus esculentus) and Dead man's fingers soft coral (Alcyonium digitatum), Isle of Man, July.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Elegant anemone (Sagartia elegans) and Dead man's finger (Alcyonium digitatum) with fish swimming in plankton bloom in background, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, Augus...

Alex Mustard / Common lobster (Homarus gammarus) looks out from its hole amongst Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) beneath a forest of Oarweed kelp (Laminaria hyperborea). Farne Islands, Northumberland, U...

Solvin Zankl / Kelp forest (Laminaria hyperborea) with Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), Stromsholmen, North West Norway, March. Atlantic Ocean.

Sue Daly / Dead man's fingers soft coral (Alcyonium digitatum) St Abbs Voluntary Marine Reserve, Scotland (North Sea).

Sue Daly / Dead man's fingers soft coral (Alcyonium digitatum) St Abbs Voluntary Marine Reserve, Scotland (North Sea).

Sue Daly / Dead man's fingers soft coral (Alcyonium digitatum) St Abbs Voluntary Marine Reserve, Scotland (North Sea).

Sue Daly / Dead man's fingers soft coral (Alcyonium digitatum) St Abbs Voluntary Marine Reserve, Scotland (North Sea).

Sue Daly / Reef wall with Plumose anemone (Metridium senile) and Dead man's fingers coral (Alcyonium digitatum) The Isles of Scilly.

Sue Daly / Dead man's fingers soft coral (Alcyonium digitatum) The Isles of Scilly.

Sue Daly / Dead man's fingers soft coral (Alcyonium digitatum) Grune du Nord, Sark, British Channel Islands.

Alex Mustard / Orange deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) grow on the side of a boulder beneath kelp. Gardur, south west Iceland. North Atlantic Ocean.

Andy Jackson / 2020VISION / Tracking shot along vertical rock faces with Jewel sea anemones (Corynactis viridis), dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) and Sea urchins (Echinoidea), Out Stack, Shetland, Scotland, UK, June. Se...

Andy Jackson / 2020VISION / Tracking shot along vertical rock faces with Jewel sea anemones (Corynactis viridis), dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) and Sea urchins (Echinoidea), Out Stack, Shetland, Scotland, UK, June. Se...

Andy Jackson / 2020VISION / Tracking shot along vertical rock faces with Jewel sea anemones (Corynactis viridis), dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) and Sea urchins (Echinoidea), Out Stack, Shetland, Scotland, UK, June. Se...

Andy Jackson / 2020VISION / Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), open and feeding in the tidal current, Noup Head, Westray, Orkney, June 2011.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Amphipod (Iphimedia obesa) on top of a colony of Deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) coral, Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Amphipod (Iphimedia obesa) on top of a colony of Deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) coral, Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Amphipod (Iphimedia obesa) on top of a colony of Deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) coral, Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April. Did you know? Although coral reefs are thought of a...

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Great spider crab (Hyas araneus) on Deadman's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) coral, feeding in a current, Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April

Solvin Zankl / Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), Atlantic Ocean, North West Norway

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Gully lined with the soft coral Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) growing beneath a summer canopy of kelp, Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, Moray Firth, North Sea, June

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Soft coral Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum) and Common sea urchins (Echinus esculentus) on boulders beneath a canopy of kelp, Rosehearty, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, Moray Firth, North Sea, May

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Dead man's fingers soft coral (Alcyonium digitatum) St Abbs Marine Reserve, Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, North Sea, June.

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Butterfish (Pholis gunnellus) on Dead-man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), growing on rock faces below the kelp, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), growing on rock faces below the kelp, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), growing on rock faces, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Dead man's fingers (Alcyonium digitatum), growing on rock faces below the kelp, St Abbs (St Abbs and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve), Berwickshire, Scotland, UK, August 2011

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Group of Skeleton shrimps (Caprella sp) a large male and two pregnant females, feeding on plankton while standing on Dead man's fingers soft coral (Alcyonium digitatum). Wreck of the MV Lunokhods, She...