Acanthoptilum gracile  (Pennatulacean)

© Neil McDaniel (Photo ID #15658)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Gulf Islands
Photographer	Neil McDaniel
Habitat	subtidal, mud
Photo Date	September 12, 2009
Upload Date	January 04, 2012
Elevation (m)	-25
Latitude	48.9441666666667
Longitude	-123.586666666667
Photo ID #	15658
Comments	The Graceful Sea Pen is a slender, whip-like seapen reaching 50 cm tall. Apparently not widespread on the BC coast. Generally at depths below 25 m. It is not capable of retraction into the substrate. Specimens identified by Dr. Gary Williams (California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA).