sea pen
any of several colonial coelenterates of the genus Pennatula and related genera, having the shape of a fleshy feather.
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I read that Washington State’s Lummi tribe and other animal activists have unsuccessfully petitioned to move her to a sea pen, where she could be in acoustic contact with her mother and siblings, who still live in the wild.
The Outside Story Behind the Documentary ‘Blackfish’ | jversteegh | November 11, 2021 | Outside OnlineEach sea-pen is a colony of Alcyonarians, and the name is due to the singular arrangement of the individuals upon the common stem.
Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) | VariousI will only mention one other animal, a zoophyte (I believe Virgularia Patagonica), a kind of sea-pen.
A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World | Charles DarwinMr. Darwin's description of a kind of Sea-pen, Virgularia Patagonia, throws some curious light on the habits of these creatures.
The Ocean World: | Louis Figuier
British Dictionary definitions for sea pen
any of various anthozoan coelenterates of the genus Pennatula and related genera, forming fleshy feather-like colonies in warm seas: order Pennatulacea
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