Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Alcyonaria
Ordo: Pennatulacea
Subordo: Subselliflorae
Familia: Pennatulidae
Genera (7): Crassophyllum – Gyrophyllum – Pennatula – Pteroeides – Ptilella – Ptilosarcus – Sarcoptilus
Name
Pennatulidae Ehrenberg, 1834
References
Primary references
Ehrenberg, C.G. 1834. Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1832(1): 225–380. BHL Reference page. [p. 287]
Links
Williams, G. (2012). Pennatulidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128484 on 2012-05-26
BHL bibliography
Pennatulidae – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Pennatulidae.
ION
Pennatulidae is a family of sea pens, a member of the subclass Octocorallia in the phylum Cnidaria.
Genera
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following genera:
Crassophyllum Tixier-Durivault, 1961
Graphularia
Gyrophyllum Studer, 1891
Pennatula Linnaeus, 1758
Pteroeides Herklots, 1858
Ptilosarcus Verrill, 1865
Sarcoptilus Gray, 1848
See also
Ptilosarcus gurneyi ("orange sea pen")
References
Williams, Gary (2015). "Pennatulidae - Ehrenberg, 1834". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
Ehrenberg, C.G. 1828. Zoologica, Vol. 1, Prafatio. Fol. 3. Berolini: Officina Academica
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