Name

Pennatula

sea pen

Framing

Phylum: Cnidaria

Class: Anthozoa

Subclass: Octocorallia

Order: Pennatulacea

Genus: Pennatula

Habitat

Marine, benthic, sandy bottoms

Feeding

Colonial, sessile, filter feeders

Distribution

Cosmopolitan genus, some exclusively Mediterranean species. P. Rubra in the eastern and western Mediterranean and on the Iberian Atlantic coasts

Conservation status

Not evaluated

Additional information

Polyps connected by tissue threads or stolons; each with 8 pinnate tentacles, gastrovascular cavity divided by 8 sarcosepts. Colony feather-shaped, without skeletal rays, polyps in transverse lines, peduncle thin and long.