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title: "Dodemansduim"
description: "Alcyonium digitatum — Andere dieren. Alcyonium digitatum or dead man's fingers is a species of soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/dead-man-s-fingers
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dodemansduim

> Alcyonium digitatum — Andere dieren. Alcyonium digitatum or dead man's fingers is a species of soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae.

- Scientific name: *Alcyonium digitatum*
- Category: `other` (Andere dieren)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 974
- Wikidata: [Q593303](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q593303)
- iNaturalist taxon: [363877](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/363877)

## Names

- en: Dead Man's Fingers
- de: Tote Meerhand
- fr: Alcyon jaune
- nl: Dodemansduim

## Countries with the most observations

GB (367), FR (130), NO (74), SE (44), IE (43), PT (31), ES (28), DK (26), NL (16), DE (10), FO (8), JE (5)

## Summary

Alcyonium digitatum or dead man's fingers is a species of soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae. It is found around the coasts of the northern Atlantic Ocean and other temperate waters such as the South Pacific.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcyonium_digitatum

## Photo

![Dodemansduim](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dead-man-s-fingers/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen James McWilliam · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/189013164

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dead-man-s-fingers?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).