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photo © ria tan 2002		 Sea pen
Order Pennatulacea

Some sea pens are tiny and have a long and narrow central stalk. In the water, their flower-like feeding polyps are extended. Out of the water, with the polyps retracted, they look more like sea pencils than sea pens!
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