Virgularia schultzei Fleshy feathery sea pen

Virgularia schultzei is commonly referred to as Fleshy feathery sea pen. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

11734 

AphiaID:

213070 

Scientific:

Virgularia schultzei 

German:

Seefeder 

English:

Fleshy Feathery Sea Pen 

Category:

Sea Pens 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Pennatulacea (Order) > Virgulariidae (Family) > Virgularia (Genus) > schultzei (Species) 

Initial determination:

Kükenthal, 1910 

Occurrence:

Endemic species, South-Africa 

Sea depth:

5 - 2214 Meter 

Size:

7.87" - 19.69" (20cm - 50cm) 

Temperature:

60.8 °F - 62.6 °F (16°C - 17°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder, 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:

• Virgularia abies
• Virgularia agassizi
• Virgularia alba
• Virgularia brochi
• Virgularia bromleyi
• Virgularia densa
• Virgularia galapagensis
• Virgularia glacialis
• Virgularia gracilis
• Virgularia gracillima
• 
  Virgularia gustaviana
  Seefeder
• Virgularia halisceptrum
• Virgularia juncea
• Virgularia kophameli
• Virgularia loveni
• 
  Virgularia mirabilis
  Schlanke Seefeder
• Virgularia presbytes
• Virgularia reinwardti
• Virgularia rumphi
• 
  Virgularia schultzei
  Seefeder
• Virgularia tuberculata
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Virgularia sp.01
  Seefeder

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2018-10-17 19:25:17 

Last edit:

2018-10-18 13:53:51 

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