Halipteris willemoesi  (White Sea Pen)

© Neil McDaniel (Photo ID #15662)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Howe Sound sill
Photographer	Neil McDaniel
Habitat	subtidal, mud
Photo Date
Upload Date	January 04, 2012
Elevation (m)	-25
Latitude	49.5688888888889
Longitude	-123.286388888889
Photo ID #	15662
Comments	The Sea Whip is a slender, very tall sea whip reaching 2.5 m in length. Common below 25 m on mud substrates such as the Howe Sound sill. Close-up photo shows the structure of the rachis. Identification by Dr. Gary Williams. See Williams, 1995, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society (1995), 113: 93-140.