Plumarella penna
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: van Ofwegen, Leen
creator: McFadden, Cathy
date: 2026-08-10
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Plumarella penna (Lamarck, 1815)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Plumarella penna (Lamarck, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287673 on 2026-08-10
created: 2008-01-16T11:35:54Z
modified: 2021-04-20T20:48:07Z
replaces: 1590645
replaces: 1506929
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Plumarella penna (Lamarck, 1815)
class: Octocorallia
family: Primnoidae
genus: Plumarella
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Lamarck, J.B. (1815). Suite des polypiers corticiferes. Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle. 2: 76-84, 157-164.
name published in: Milne Edwards H. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits; par H. Milne-Edwards. Atlas, Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. pls. A1-A6, B1-B2, c1-C2, D1-D12, E1-E3, F1-F4, G1-G2.
name published in year: 1815
name published in year: 1857
order: Scleralcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 177839
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Lamarck, 1815)
specific epithet: penna
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted