WebThe slender sea pen (Virgularia mirabilis) is a species of sea pen in the family Virgulariidae, occurring throughout the Mediterranean and Western Europe, with some colonies being found on islands in the Mid-Atlantic.
WebVirgularia mirabilis lives in fine sediments (muddy sand to soft mud). The species is found in sheltered inshore waters, or in deeper water offshore, from 12 - 400 m depth. The …
WebVirgularia is een geslacht van zeeveren uit de familie van de Virgulariidae.. Soorten. Virgularia agassizi Studer, 1894; Virgularia abies Kölliker, 1870; Virgularia alba (Nutting, …
Virgularia is a genus of sea pen in the family Virgulariidae . ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Virgularia Lamarck, 1816". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 23 July 2013. This Octocorallia -related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Virgularia mirabilis is a sea pen of up to 60 cm tall. Its leaf-like tiny branches tappering at the bottom and the top of the colony give it a delicate feather-shape. Generally, the internal calcareous axis is visible at the upper end of the sea pen. Embedded in mud, the long stalk reaches the half of the whole length of the colony.
Virgularia mirabilis is found in sheltered areas with soft bottoms such as fine sand or mud, from 10 meters down to 400 meters deep, in the North-East Atlantic Ocean, the English Channel, the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, and also in the North-West Altantic along the North-American coasts.
Sea pens, Virgularia mirabilis extending from muddy sediment. Distribution data supplied by the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS). To interrogate UK data visit the NBN Atlas. A slender sea pen up to 60 cm long with a central stem only a few millimetres thick.
WebVirgularia mirabilis is een Pennatulaceasoort uit de familie van de Virgulariidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1776 voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd …
WebVirgularia mirabilis is a sea pen of up to 60 cm tall. Its leaf-like tiny branches tappering at the bottom and the top of the colony give it a delicate feather-shape. Generally, the internal …
WebThis study aims to assess in situ the impact of effluents originating from an Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) farm on a nearby slender sea pen (Virgularia mirabilis) field.
WebThe distributions of the pennatulid anthozoans (sea pens) Virgularia mirabilis, Pennatula phosphorea and Funiculina quadrangularis in Scottish waters have previously only been …
WebSea pens are colonial marine cnidarians belonging to the order Pennatulacea. The order Pennatulacea, commonly known as sea pens, are colony-forming benthos belonging …
WebHoare and Wilson ( 1977) described a possible tidal-based rhythm for Virgularia mirabilis while Wilson ( 1975 ), using time-lapse photography, found a 22- to 27-h rhythm for this …