Naming
The generic name comes from Greek πτερον meaning wing.
Distribution
''Pteria penguin'' is native to the western and central Indo-Pacific region. Its range extends from the East African coast and the Red Sea to India, southern China, southern Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia and northern Australia.It is found attached by its byssal threads to a number of different substrates but typically to hydroids, at depths of less than about 25 m.
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