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Cavernularia pusilla Sea Pen

Cavernularia pusilla is commonly referred to as Sea Pen. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Julien Renoult, Frankreich

Foto: Promenade des Anglais, Nizza, Mittelmeer

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lexID:
15032 
AphiaID:
128535 
Scientific:
Cavernularia pusilla 
German:
Seefeder 
English:
Sea Pen 
Category:
Sea Pens 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Pennatulacea (Order) > Veretillidae (Family) > Cavernularia (Genus) > pusilla (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Philippi, ), 1835 
Occurrence:
Ghana, Alborán Sea (Mediterranean Sea), Angola, Bay of Biscay, Guinea-Bissau, Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Marmara Sea ( Sea of Marmara), Morocco, Northeast Atlantic, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, West Africa 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
7 - 200 Meter 
Size:
up to 1.57" (4 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 28,9 °F (°C - 28,9°C) 
Food:
Copepods, Mucus, Plankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Cavernularia capitata
  • Cavernularia chuni
  • Cavernularia clavata
  • Cavernularia dayi
  • Cavernularia dedeckeri
  • Cavernularia elegans
  • Cavernularia glans
  • Cavernularia habereri
  • Cavernularia hultenii
  • Cavernularia kuekenthali
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-08-01 21:26:07 

Info

The sea feather Cavernularia pusilla is found on silty, sandy or clayey muddy bottoms, to which it can retreat in case of danger.
The sea feather has a long, downward tapering foot that gives the animal stability and steadiness in the soil.

The species continues to disperse by drifting the fertilized eggs; recent reports of finds would be from the Sea of Marmara (Turkey), the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, and the Bay of Biscay (Bay of Biscay).

Sea feathers are suspension feeders and provide various microhabitats that serve as shelter, foraging, feeding, and spawning sites for other species.

Synonyms:
Cavernularia valenciennesii Herklots, 1858
Stylobelemnon pusillum (Philippi, 1835)
Veretillum pusillum Philippi, 1835

External links

  1. An exceptional occurrence of Cavernularia pusilla (Anthozoa: Pennatulacea) off the Basque coast (south-east Bay of Biscay, north-eastern Atlantic) (en). Abgerufen am 27.07.2022.
  2. argentinat Homepade Julien Renoult (en). Abgerufen am 27.07.2022.
  3. BioObs (fr). Abgerufen am 27.07.2022.
  4. Faunistic study of benthic Pennatulacea (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from the Northern coast of Egypt (en). Abgerufen am 27.07.2022.
  5. First record of Cavernularia pusilla (Anthozoa: Pennatulacea) from the Sea of Marmara, Turkey basin (en). Abgerufen am 27.07.2022.
  6. New records of Pennatulacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the African Atlantic coast, with description of a new species and a zoogeographic analysis (en). Abgerufen am 27.07.2022.
  7. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 27.07.2022.

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Foto: Promenade des Anglais, Nizza, Mittelmeer

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