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The tall sea pen - Funiculina quadrangularis - General information

Funiculina quadrangularis

Image Bernard Picton - Funiculina quadrangularis, tall sea pen. Image width ca 50 cm.
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Funiculina quadrangularis recorded (dark blue bullet) and expected (light blue bullet) distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

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General information

Key Icon Researched by: Olwen Ager and Catherine Wilding Text page icon Refereed by: This information is not refereed.

Taxonomy icon Taxonomy

Phylum Cnidaria Sea anemones, corals, sea firs & jellyfish
Class Octocorallia
Map icon Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland West and north coasts of Ireland and Scotland.
Habitat information icon Habitat information Found in muddy substrata on sheltered coasts, especially in sea lochs. Sublittoral to deep offshore water.
Text page icon Description A tall, narrow sea pen, which can exceed 2 metres in height. It has a calcareous white axis, square in section. The polyps are irregularly arranged along the axis or tend to form oblique rows. They are white or pale pink in colour.

This review can be cited as follows:

Olwen Ager and Catherine Wilding 2009. Funiculina quadrangularis. The tall sea pen. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 19/06/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesfullreview.php?speciesID=3353>