divepix - Feather Sea Pen

Feather Sea Pen

Aspect:	Actually a variety of anemone, it really looks like a large white feather stuck in the sand.
Population:	Common but not over-abundant.
Notable feature:	The white to pink-ish stem carries structures that branch out pinnately in a single plane, each with translucent polyps reminiscent of miniature octocoral polyps.
Environment:	All the Feather Sea Pens seen here were photographed over a period of several years on the sandy seabed surrounding the Gustavia wreck at 40 metres.

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