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Pennatulidae Ehrenberg, 1834 
AphiaID: 128484

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Pennatulacea (Order) > Subsessiliflorae (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Subsessiliflorae
Sources  basis of record: Williams, G.C.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia - Pennatulacea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 105-106 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Pennatulacea checklist for ERMS2 [details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Genus Crassophyllum Tixier-Durivault, 1961
Genus Graphularia
Genus Gyrophyllum Studer, 1891
Genus Pennatula Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Pteroeides Herklots, 1858
Genus Ptilosarcus Verrill, 1865
Genus Sarcoptilus Gray, 1848

Genus Ptilella Gray, 1870 accepted as Pennatula Linnaeus, 1758
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:128484
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Williams, Gary
2005-07-27 12:57:38Z  checked  Williams, Gary
  
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  Citation: Williams, G. (2013). Pennatulidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128484 on 2013-06-19
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