World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
Alloptilella splendida Li, Zhan & Xu, 2021
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Li, Y.; Zhan, Z.; Xu, K. (2021). Establishment of Alloptilella splendida gen. et sp. nov. and resurrection of Scytalium veneris (Thomson & Henderson, 1906), two sea pens (Cnidaria: Pennatulacea) from seamounts in the tropical Western Pacific. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 39(5): 1790-1804.