Kophobelemnon stelliferum Seapen

Kophobelemnon stelliferum is commonly referred to as Seapen. Difficulty in the aquarium: Cold water animal. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Anders Salesjö, Schweden

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lexID:: 11525
AphiaID:: 128512

Scientific:: Kophobelemnon stelliferum
German:: Seefeder
English:: Seapen

Category:: Sjøpenner

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Pennatulacea (Order) > Kophobelemnidae (Family) > Kophobelemnon (Genus) > stelliferum (Species)
Initial determination:: (Müller, ), 1776

Occurrence:: Ghana, the North Sea, Alborán Sea (Mediterranean Sea), Azores, Bay of Biscay, Belgium, Canada Eastern Pacific, Danmark, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Namibia, New Zealand, Newfoundland, North Pacific (Ocean), Northeast Atlantic, Norway, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, the Faroe Islands, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea), USA, West Africa, Western Pacific Ocean
Sea depth:: 2 - 4440 Meter
Size:: 11.81" - 29.53" (30cm - 75cm)
Temperature:: 37.4 °F - 55.4 °F (3°C - 13°C)
Food:: Rotifers (Rotifera), Amphipods, Ciliate, Copepods, Coral spawn, Fish eggs, Invertebrates, Lobster eggs, Marine snow, Organic suspended sediment , Oyster eggs, Phytoplankton, Protozoa, Suspension feeder, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Cold water animal
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Kophobelemnon affine
Kophobelemnon heterspinosum
Kophobelemnon hispidum
Kophobelemnon irregulatus
Kophobelemnon leucharti
Kophobelemnon leukarti
Kophobelemnon macrospinosum
Kophobelemnon molanderi
Kophobelemnon pauciflorum
Kophobelemnon stelliferum
Seefeder

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2018-04-27 19:16:00
Last edit:: 2021-11-03 14:27:21

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Synonyms:
Bathyptilum carpenterii Kölliker, 1872
Funiculina stellifera (Müller, 1776)
Gunneria borealis Danielssen & Koren, 1884
Kophobelemnon abyssorum Danielssen & Koren, 1884
Kophobelemnon bathyptiloides Roule, 1905
Kophobelemnon ferrugineum Kölliker, 1880
Kophobelemnon leucharti Cecchini, 1917
Kophobelemnon leuckarti Kölliker, 1872
Kophobelemnon leukartii Kölliker, 1872
Kophobelemnon moebii Koren & Danielssen, 1883
Kophobelemnon mulleri Asbjörnsen, 1856
Kophobelemnon scabrum Verrill, 1883
Kophobelemnon tenue Verrill, 1884
Pennatula stellifera Müller, 1776
Veretillum stelliferum (Müller, 1776)

External links

A facies of Kophobelemnon (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from Santa Maria di Leuca coral province (Mediterranean Sea) (en). Abgerufen am 03.11.2021.
Biogeographic Atlas of the Deep NW Pacific Fauna (en). Abgerufen am 03.11.2021.
New records of Pennatulacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the African Atlantic coast, with description of a new species and a zoogeographic analysis (en). Abgerufen am 03.11.2021.
The Pennatulid Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) in the Porcupine Seabight (north-east Atlantic Ocean) (en). Abgerufen am 03.11.2021.
Unterwasserfotografie Anders Salesjö (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Foto: Svartskären, Kosterfjorden, Schweden

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