Funiculina quadrangularis Tall Sea Pen

Funiculina quadrangularis is commonly referred to as Tall Sea Pen. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7171 

AphiaID:

128506 

Scientific:

Funiculina quadrangularis 

German:

Seefeder 

English:

Tall Sea Pen 

Category:

Sjøpenner 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Pennatulacea (Order) > Funiculinidae (Family) > Funiculina (Genus) > quadrangularis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Pallas, ), 1766 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, Japan, Madagascar, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, Philippines, Portugal, Skagerrak (North Sea), South Atlantic, South-Pazific, Spain, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, The Shetland Islands (Scotland), USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Bathypelagial
The bathypelagial ranges from 1000 to 4000 meters depth.
The pressure in this depth zone is up to approx. 400 bar (4,000 tons per square meter or 400 kg per square centimeter.
There is no light left, only fish and bacteria can produce light in the form of bioluminescence. 

Sea depth:

0 - 3446 Meter 

Size:

up to 82.68" (210 cm) 

Temperature:

0,07 °F - 22,2 °F (0,07°C - 22,2°C) 

Food:

Phytoplankton, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Funiculina armata
• Funiculina parkeri
• 
  Funiculina quadrangularis
  Seefeder

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-05-21 19:35:59 

Last edit:

2020-04-03 21:19:14 

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