Sea Pen (Ptilosarcus gurneyi), Bryozoa, Invertebrate, Photo

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Code Number:: AAKV02P05_05
Title:: Sea Pen (Ptilosarcus gurneyi); Ptilosarcus gurney is actually made up of thousands of individuals. Each of these tiny animals has eight feathery tentacles and a mouth. The animals work together in groups to support the many functions required to make the colony work as one. If the Sea Pen is annoyed it will quickly fold up and disappear into the sand, and if this remarkable organism is touched, it flashes light.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Octocorallia
Order: Pennatulacea
Verrill, 1865
Family: Pennatulidae
Genus: Ptilosarcus
Species: Ptilosarcus gurneyi
Keywords:: Bryozoa, Invertebrate, Animal, Animalia, Water, Sealife, Sessile
Image by:: Wernher Krutein

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Code Number:: AAKV02P05_05
Title:: Sea Pen (Ptilosarcus gurneyi); Ptilosarcus gurney is actually made up of thousands of individuals. Each of these tiny animals has eight feathery tentacles and a mouth. The animals work together in groups to support the many functions required to make the colony work as one. If the Sea Pen is annoyed it will quickly fold up and disappear into the sand, and if this remarkable organism is touched, it flashes light.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Octocorallia
Order: Pennatulacea
Verrill, 1865
Family: Pennatulidae
Genus: Ptilosarcus
Species: Ptilosarcus gurneyi
Keywords:: Bryozoa, Invertebrate, Animal, Animalia, Water, Sealife, Sessile
Image by:: Wernher Krutein
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