Pennatula aculeata Sea Pen

Pennatula aculeatais commonly referred to as Sea Pen. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 300 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Madeira

Pennatula aculeata - (c) by Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz

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AphiaID:: 128515

Scientific:: Pennatula aculeata
German:: Seefeder
English:: Sea Pen

Category:: Sea Pens

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Pennatulacea (Order) > Pennatulidae (Family) > Pennatula (Genus) > aculeata (Species)
Initial determination:: Danielssen, 1860

Occurrence:: Azores, North Atlantic Ocean
Size:: up to 7.87" (20 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: Plankton, Zooplankton
Tank:: 65.99 gal (~ 300L)
Difficulty:: Only for advanced aquarists
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Pennatula aculeata
Seefeder
Pennatula bayeri
Pennatula delicata
Pennatula fimbriata
Pennatula grandis
Pennatula indica
Pennatula inflata
Pennatula mollis
Pennatula moseleyi
Pennatula murrayi
Pennatula naresi
Pennatula pearceyi
Pennatula phosphorea
Leuchtende Seefeder
Pennatula prolifera
Pennatula rubra
Rote Seefeder

More related species in this lexicon:

Pennatula sp.
Seefeder

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-03-01 11:05:13
Last edit:: 2014-03-01 11:05:13

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Pennatula aculeata

Sea pens are colonial marine cnidarians belonging to the order Pennatulacea. There are 16 families within the order; they are thought to have a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical and temperate waters worldwide. Sea pens are grouped with the octocorals ("soft corals"), together with sea whips and gorgonians.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Alcyonaria
Order: Pennatulacea
Verrill, 1865
Families

Scientific paper

Gonadal morphology and gametogenesis in the sea pen Pennatula aculeata (Anthozoa: Pennatulacea) from the Gulf of Maine, K. J. Eckelbarger; P. A. Tyler; R. W. Langton, 1998
Distribution, behavior and abundance of sea pens,Pennatula aculeata, in the Gulf of Maine, R. W. Langton; E. W. Langton; R. B. Theroux; J. R. Uzmann, 1990

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Homepage Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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