Murray's sea pen

Anthoptilum murrayi

Corals and anemones
IUCN: Data deficient

Usual depth593–2,052 m
Water temperature4–28 °C
Best monthsOctober
How commonRare

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 5 records
February: 5 records
March: 4 records
April: 2 records
May: 33 records
June: 23 records
July: 30 records
August: 45 records
September: 8 records
October: 234 records
November: 8 records
December: 2 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 593–2,052 m · Deepest record: 4,110 m

10–20 m: 2 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 2 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110–120 m: 0 records
120+ m: 415 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 4–28 °C

2–4 °C: 2 records
4–6 °C: 20 records
6–8 °C: 3 records
8–10 °C: 5 records
10–12 °C: 32 records
12–14 °C: 32 records
14–16 °C: 236 records
16–18 °C: 49 records
18–20 °C: 15 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 2 records
24–26 °C: 10 records
26–28 °C: 15 records
28–30 °C: 2 records

Names and classification

English: Murray's sea pen

Names in 1 more languages

French: pennatule de Murray

Similar species

Full-flowered sea pen
Anthoptilum grandiflorum

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
438 open-data records from 1879 to 2025.

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