How deep does the Elegant Sea Pen live?

The Elegant Sea Pen (Virgularia mirabilis) is typically found at 36–366 m.

Elegant Sea Pen

Virgularia mirabilis

Group: Coral
Typical depth: 36–366 m

A slim, elegant sea pen that plants its stalk in mud and raises a feathered column of polyps to strain plankton from the flow. It occurs in bays and nearshore mud as well as down the slope, between roughly 36 and 366 metres.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Cnidaria › Octocorallia › Scleralcyonacea › Virgulariidae › Virgularia

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 128539.

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How deep does the Elegant Sea Pen live?: The Elegant Sea Pen (Virgularia mirabilis) is typically found at 36–366 m.