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Family Briareidae

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Briareum asbestinum

Benwood wreck, Key Largo, 35 feet

CORKY SEA FINGER

Common on reefs, rubble, or seagrass at any depth.  Cortex smooth, pink, polyps small, not elevated, tentacles long and fuzzy, orange-brown.  Attains 2 feet.  Florida & the Caribbean.