Cavernularia obesa Barrel Sea-pen, Obese Sea Pen

Cavernularia obesa is commonly referred to as Barrel Sea-pen, Obese Sea Pen. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not for beginners. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

5846 

AphiaID:

286683 

Scientific:

Cavernularia obesa 

German:

Walzen-Seefeder 

English:

Barrel Sea-pen, Obese Sea Pen 

Category:

Sea Pens 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Pennatulacea (Order) > Veretillidae (Family) > Cavernularia (Genus) > obesa (Species) 

Initial determination:

Valenciennes in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 

Occurrence:

Hong Kong, Australia, China, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), Corea, Gulf of Bengal / Bay of Bengal, India, Indo Pacific, Japan, Java, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Papua New Guinea, Queensland (Australia) 

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:

5 - 20 Meter 

Habitats:

Muddy grounds, Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 

Size:

up to 3.94" (10 cm) 

Temperature:

20,5 °F - 28,9 °F (20,5°C - 28,9°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

Not for beginners 

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
• Cavernularia lophyrea
• Cavernularia lutkenii
• Cavernularia malabarica
• Cavernularia mirifica
• 
  Cavernularia obesa
  Walzen-Seefeder
• 
  Cavernularia pusilla
  Seefeder
• Cavernularia vansyoci
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-08-07 08:27:31 

Last edit:

2025-11-26 19:37:02 

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