WoRMS taxon details
Ptilella grandis (Ehrenberg, 1834)
1379630 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1379630)
accepted
Species
Argentella grandis (Ehrenberg, 1834) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pennatula borealis Sars, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg, 1834 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Ptilella borealis (Sars, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862
page(s): 290 [details]
page(s): 290 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Ptilella grandis (Ehrenberg, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1379630 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg, 1834) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1834). Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im allgemeinen, und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben. <em>Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862
page(s): 290 [details]
original description (of Pennatula borealis Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). Beschreibung der Pennatula borealis, ein neuen Seefeder. <em>Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oder wenig bekannten Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation, Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben.</em> 1: 17-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526525 [details]
new combination reference García-Cárdenas, F. J.; Drewery, J.; López-González, P. J. (2019). Resurrection of the sea pen genus <em>Ptilella</em> Gray, 1870 and description of <em>Ptilella grayi</em> n. sp. from the NE Atlantic (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea). <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 83(3): 261., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04845.26a [details]
page(s): 290 [details]
original description (of Pennatula borealis Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). Beschreibung der Pennatula borealis, ein neuen Seefeder. <em>Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oder wenig bekannten Seethiere, nebst Beobachtungen über die Organisation, Lebensweise und Entwickelung derselben.</em> 1: 17-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526525 [details]
new combination reference García-Cárdenas, F. J.; Drewery, J.; López-González, P. J. (2019). Resurrection of the sea pen genus <em>Ptilella</em> Gray, 1870 and description of <em>Ptilella grayi</em> n. sp. from the NE Atlantic (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea). <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 83(3): 261., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04845.26a [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | greater sea pen [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | grande pennatule [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes) (from synonym Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Ptilella borealis (Sars, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Pennatula borealis Sars, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications) (from synonym Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg, 1834)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ptilella grandis)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg, 1834)
To PESI (from synonym Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg, 1834)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (180 records) (from synonym Pennatula borealis Sars, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (37 records) (from synonym Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg, 1834)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Ptilella borealis (Sars, 1846))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (36 publications) (from synonym Pennatula borealis Sars, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (56 publications) (from synonym Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg, 1834)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ptilella grandis)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 38 proteins)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg, 1834)
To PESI (from synonym Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg, 1834)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (180 records) (from synonym Pennatula borealis Sars, 1846)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (37 records) (from synonym Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg, 1834)
