Pennatula aculeata Sea Pen

Pennatula aculeata is 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.

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lexID:

6826 

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
• Alle anzeigen

 

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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