Sea-pens
Virgularia spp.

Description:
Long slender sea pen with crowded leaves composed of autozooids of nearly equal size; leaves bilaterally arranged along the rachis.

Habitat:
Anchored in the soft bottom in sheltered areas.

Distribution:
Probably widespread throughout the Caribbean.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Subclass Octocorallia
Order Pennatulacea
Genus Virgularia
Species Virgularia spp.

Status in World Register of Marine Species

Not included in WoRMS database

Scientific synonyms and common names

Sea-pens [English]

Bayer, F.M., 1961. The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague.

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