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.

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).