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title: "Corky Sea Finger"
description: "Briareum asbestinum — Inne zwierzęta. Briareum asbestinum, commonly known as the corky sea finger, is a species of a soft coral in the family Briareidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/corky-sea-finger
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Corky Sea Finger

> Briareum asbestinum — Inne zwierzęta. Briareum asbestinum, commonly known as the corky sea finger, is a species of a soft coral in the family Briareidae.

- Scientific name: *Briareum asbestinum*
- Category: `other` (Inne zwierzęta)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 840
- Wikidata: [Q1924270](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1924270)
- iNaturalist taxon: [132288](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/132288)

## Names

- en: Corky Sea Finger

## Countries with the most observations

MX (51), US (47), BS (36), CU (31), KY (22), BM (20), BZ (18), PR (13), HN (11), TC (11), JM (8), MF (6)

## Summary

Briareum asbestinum, commonly known as the corky sea finger, is a species of a soft coral in the family Briareidae.  It inhabits coral reefs and rocky bottoms in the Caribbean, Bahamas, and Florida, often growing to 30 cm at depths of one to 40 metres.

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

## Photo

![Corky Sea Finger](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/corky-sea-finger/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andra Waagmeester · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100116308

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/corky-sea-finger?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).