Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Alcyonaria
Ordo: Pennatulacea
Subordo: Subselliflorae
Familia: Pennatulidae
Genus: Ptilella
Species: P. bellissima – P. grandis – P. grayi – P. inflata
Name
Ptilella Gray, 1870
Type species: Pennatula borealis M. Sars, 1846 (type by monotypy)
ZooBank: C52E966C-E7D0-4EE9-B920-AA75688B9B40
Note: The type species Pennatula borealis was synonymized with Pennatula grandis by Kölliker (1872) making unaccepted the genus Ptilella, that have been reinstalled by García-Cárdenas, Drewery & López-González (2019)
References
Primary references
García-Cárdenas, F.J., Drewery, J., López-González, P.J. 2019. Resurrection of the sea pen genus Ptilella Gray, 1870 and description of Ptilella grayi n. sp. from the NE Atlantic (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea). Scientia Marina. 83(3): 261-276. DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04845.26A Open access Reference page. [redescription, status: p. 265-266]
Gray, J.E. 1870. Catalogue of sea-pens or Pennatulariidae in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum. London, 40 pp. BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 21]
Links
Ptilella in the World Register of Marine Species
BHL bibliography
Ptilella – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ptilella.
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