Virgularia tuberculata  (White Sea Pen)

© Neil McDaniel (Photo ID #15667)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Sechelt Inlet
Photographer	Neil McDaniel
Habitat	subtidal, mud
Photo Date
Upload Date	January 04, 2012
Elevation (m)	-20
Latitude	49.6048202514648
Longitude	-123.78759765625
Photo ID #	15667
Comments	The White Sea Pen reaches 30 cm tall. Common on suitable substrates, generally below 20 m, along the BC coast. Capable of rapid retraction into the substrate. The BC Virgularia is closest morphologically to V. tuberculata, but may be an undescribed species, hence the "cf."