Orange Sea Pen

Ptilosarcus gurneyi

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Ptilosarcus gurneyi, the orange sea pen or fleshy sea pen, is a species of sea pen in the family Pennatulidae. It is native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean where it lives anchored by its base in sand or mud. It has received its common name because of its resemblance to a quill in a bottle of ink.

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  1. (c) Brenna Green, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Brenna Green
  2. (c) M. Goff, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by M. Goff
  3. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/1612875

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