Eunicella verrucosa has a densely branching, fan-like stem and usually grows in a single plane.

[2] Its range extends from the southwestern coasts of Britain and Ireland to France, Spain, Italy, Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara and Mauritania.

[1] A recent study of genetic connectivity in Eunicella verrucosa identified marked population structure between samples from northwest Ireland, Britain, France and southern Portugal.

[5] In British waters this sea fan has become scarcer, possibly being damaged by dredging but may benefit from higher seawater temperatures.

The planula larvae are likely to be lecithotrophic (sustained by a yolk-sac) and able to drift for a short time before settling on the seabed where they develop into polyps and found new colonies.