Pennatula phosphorea Phosphorescent sea pen

Pennatula phosphorea is commonly referred to as Phosphorescent sea pen. Difficulty in the aquarium: Experts only! Very hard to keep. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

5839 

AphiaID:

128517 

Scientific:

Pennatula phosphorea 

German:

Leuchtende Seefeder 

English:

Phosphorescent Sea Pen 

Category:

Sea Pens 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Pennatulacea (Order) > Pennatulidae (Family) > Pennatula (Genus) > phosphorea (Species) 

Initial determination:

Linnaeus, 1758 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea, The Shetland Islands (Scotland), USA 

Size:

3.94" - 9.84" (10cm - 25cm) 

Temperature:

46.4 °F - 73.4 °F (8°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Plankton 

Tank:

109.99 gal (~ 500L)  

Difficulty:

Experts only! Very hard to keep 

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:

2013-08-05 20:03:00 

Last edit:

2013-08-05 20:03:00 

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