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Tall Sea Pen
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Corals, anemones & jellyfish

Tall Sea Pen

Funiculina quadrangularis (Pallas, 1766)

NT Near Threatened

Names

EnglishTall Sea Pen
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese四角索海鳃
Scientific nameFuniculina quadrangularis (Pallas, 1766)

About this species

Funiculina quadrangularis, commonly known as tall sea pen, is an uncommon cold water coral within the Family Funiculinidae. It is named tall sea pen because it looks like a quill sticking in the bottom of the sea. It forms habitat for several key crustacean species.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCnidaria
ClassAnthozoa
OrderScleralcyonacea
FamilyFuniculinidae
GenusFuniculina

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