Verrill, Addison Emery. (1882). Notice of the remarkable Marine Fauna occupying the outer banks off the Southern Coast of New England, No. 7, and some additions to the Fauna of Vineyard Sound. <em>The American Journal of Science.</em> Third Series. 24(143): 360-371., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38920525 page(s): 362 [details]
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original descriptionVerrill, Addison Emery. (1882). Notice of the remarkable Marine Fauna occupying the outer banks off the Southern Coast of New England, No. 7, and some additions to the Fauna of Vineyard Sound. <em>The American Journal of Science.</em> Third Series. 24(143): 360-371., available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38920525 page(s): 362 [details]
original description(ofHelicoptilum Nutting, 1912)Nutting, C.C. (1912). Descriptions of the Alcyonaria collected by the U.S. Fisheries steamer "Albatross," mainly in Japanese waters, during 1906. <em>Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum.</em> 43:1-104, plates 1-21., available online athttps://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7722925 page(s): 51 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia)Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of recordWilliams, G.C.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia - Pennatulacea. <em>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.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 105-106. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceWilliams, G. Pennatulacea checklist for ERMS2. [details]
additional sourceWilliams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401.[details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceWilliams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140. page(s): 113 [details]
additional sourceWilliams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469-1999. <em>Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.</em> 51(2): 19-103, 1 fig., 14 plates. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceLópez-González, P. J.; Williams, G. C. (2002). A new genus and species of sea pen (Octocorallia : Pennatulacea : Stachyptilidae) from the Antarctic Peninsula. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 16(6): 919-929., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1071/it01027 page(s): 925 [details]
additional sourceThomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1906). An account of the alcyonarians collected by the Royal Indian Marine survey ship 'Investigator' in the Indian Ocean. I. The alcyonarians of the deep sea. <em>Trustees of the Indian Museum, University of Aberdeen.</em> 1-128, plates 1-7., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12037643 page(s): 87-88 [details]
additional sourceWilliams, G. C. (1997). Preliminary assessment of the phylogeny of Pennatulacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia), with a reevaluation of Ediacaran frond-like fossils, and a synopsis of the history of evolutionary thought regarding the sea pens. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Coelenterate Biology, 497-509 page(s): 497, 503 [details]
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