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Research Paper On Sea Pens

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Sea Pens
Description
Sea pens are colonies of polyps( polyps: animals that have a fixed base,column like body, with mouth and tentacles.). Each polyps resembles a feathery quill. Sea pens are bilateral (bilateral: being able to divide into even halves). There is no typical weight for sea pens, but the height ranges from 2 inches to 6 feet. Sea pens have various colors. Their colors range from dark orange, yellow, and white.
Habitat
Sea pens are octocoral, which means they are a type of soft coral. Like any other coral sea pens like to live on sandy or muddy surfaces. Sea pens are generally located on the gulf of Alaska to Southern California. The sea pens biome varies. Some sea pens live in intertidal zones while others live in the deep

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