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Sea Pen

Cnidarians

Sea pens are marine cnidarians belonging to the superfamily Pennatuloidea, fleshy colonial organisms anchored to the seabed with tiny polyps embedded in a soft matrix. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, found in tropical and temperate waters worldwide, from shallow intertidal zones to deep seas of more than 6,100 meters.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Filter Feeder 1
System (Realm)
Marine 1
Relationship to People
Kept as Pets 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Scientific Name
Pennatuloidea 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Anthozoa, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Sea Pen

In Biome

Intertidal Zone, Biomes
Source Sea pen, Wikipedia

In Ecosystem

Deep Sea, Ecosystems
Source Sea pen, Wikipedia
Sources
1. Sea pen, Wikipedia
  • Introduction, opening sentence
    Sea pens are marine cnidarians belonging to the superfamily Pennatuloidea.
  • system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    Sea pens are marine cnidarians belonging to the superfamily Pennatuloidea.
  • article text (diet), EntityId 306676
    Sea pens are marine cnidarians belonging to the superfamily Pennatuloidea, which are colony-forming benthic filter feeders within the order Scleralcyonacea.
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 306676
    Sea pens are sometimes sold in the aquarium trade.
  • In Ecosystem: Deep Sea, Wikipedia intro: "ribution, being found in tropical and temperate waters worldwide, from intertidal shallow waters to deep seas of more than 6,100 m (20,000 ft). The earliest acc..."
  • In Biome: Intertidal Zone, Lead
    They have a cosmopolitan distribution, being found in tropical and temperate waters worldwide, from intertidal shallow waters to deep seas of more than 6,100 m (20,000 ft).
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2. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ125518439, descriptionView the Source
3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Anthozoa
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 38
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 38
"cites_listing":"II/III/NC","eu_listing":"B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Cnidaria","class":"Anthozoa","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Coraux, Anémones De Mer","language":"FR"},{"name":"Corales, Anémonas Marinas","language":"ES"},{"name":"Corals And Sea Anemones","language":"EN"},{"name":"珊瑚虫纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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Wikidata: Sea Pen
  • Wikidata Q1122081, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Anthozoa, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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