Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cavernulina darwini
pluma de mar, Sea pens
A colony of polyps arising from a club shaped rachis.
Found on sand and mud substrates in San Cristobal, but has not been seen since the 1982-83 El Nino.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Scleralcyonacea
Superfamily
Pennatuloidea
Family
Veretillidae
Genus
Cavernulina
Species
darwini
Taxon category: Accepted
Confirmed by Breedy (2009) darwini.
Origin: Endemic
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Breedy, O. Hickman, C.P. & Williams, G.C. (2009) Octocorals in the Galapagos Islands. Galapagos Research 66: 27-31.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. (1998) A Field Guide to Sea Stars and other Echinoderms of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 83 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cavernulina darwini", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14332. Accessed 31 October 2026.