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Sea pens are colonial marine cnidarians belonging to the order Pennatulacea . There are 14 families within the order; they are thought to have a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical and temperate ...
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Predator classification by the sea pen Ptilosarcus gurneyi (Cnidaria): role of waterborne chemical cues and physical contact with predatory sea stars; Janice O. Weightman and David J. Arsenault;
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Description, biology and habitat of the cnidarian Pennatula phosphorea, Phosphorescent sea pen. ... Pennatula phosphorea is a sea pen forming erect colonies of up to 40 cm tall. Swollen with water, they are fleshy and slightly bent over the surface. The bulbous stalk embedded in sediments is only visible in its upper part.
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The sea pen, Ptilosarcus gurneyi, is a colonial cnidaria in the same class as the anemone, the anthozoa. One polyp has been modified to form the body while the fringes of the "feather" contain numerous small feeding polyps. Typically we find it living in a mud/sand substrate. It is rare around Race Rocks,
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Scientific Classification ... The sea pen earned its name because it looks like an antique fountain pen. Sea Pens are known to live in colonies, and are made up of 14 different families. They can be found in the tropical and moderate climates.
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Sea pen - long, slender colonial organism of the same phylum as the jellyfish. Sea pen colonies are formed by several genera of the order Pennatulacea. The colony consists of a stalk formed by an... ... Sea pen colonies are formed by several genera of the order Pennatulacea. The colony consists of a stalk formed by an...
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A Wisdom Archive on sea pen ... A selection of articles related to sea pen ... Burgess Shale - Species of uncertain classification...
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F. quadrangularis is a characterising species of the CMU.SpMeg.Fun biotope (Seapens, including Funiculina quadrangularis, and burrowing megafauna in undisturbed circalittoral soft mud) in the national marine biotope classification. ... It is absent from many sea lochs which appear to hold a suitable habitat for the species;
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s in some species, such as the tall sea pen (Funiculina quadrangularis). Sea pens are ... Plankton consist of any drifting organisms that inhabit the pelagic zone of oceans, seas, or bodies of fresh water. Plankton are defined by their ecological niche rather than their phylogenetic or taxonomic classification...
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