Pennatula

Pennatula is a genus of sea pens in the family Pennatulidae. The genus contains several bioluminescent species, including Pennatula rubra, Pennatula phosphorea, and Pennatula aculeata.[2][3]

Pennatula
"Pennatula phosphorea"
Pennatula phosphorea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Pennatulacea
Family: Pennatulidae
Genus: Pennatula
Species[1]
  • Pennatula aculeata Danielssen, 1860
  • Pennatula bayeri Barreira e Castro & Semaro de Medeiros, 2001
  • Pennatula delicata Tixier-Durivault, 1966
  • Pennatula fimbriata Herklots, 1858
  • Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg, 1834
  • Pennatula indica Thomson & Henderson, 1906
  • Pennatula inflata Kükenthal, 1910
  • Pennatula mollis Alder, 1867
  • Pennatula moseleyi Kölliker, 1880
  • Pennatula murrayi Kölliker, 1880
  • Pennatula naresi Kölliker, 1880
  • Pennatula pearceyi Kölliker, 1880
  • Pennatula phosphorea Linnaeus, 1758
  • Pennatula prolifera Jungersen, 1904
  • Pennatula rubra (Ellis, 1761)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ptilella Gray, 1870

References
  1. Cordeiro, R.; van Ofwegen, L.; Williams, G. (2019). World List of Octocorallia. Pennatula Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128495 Archived 2015-04-08 at the Wayback Machine on 2019-05-01
  2. Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.
  3. Williams, Gary (2001). "First record of a bioluminescent soft coral: description of a disjunct population of Eleutherobia grayi (Thomson and Dean, 1921) from the Solomon Islands, with a review of bioluminescence in the Octocorallia". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 52: 209–225.


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