Deep-Sea taxon details
Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834
1609360 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1609360)
accepted
Superfamily
Pennatulacea · unaccepted > superseded rank
Sessiliflorae · unaccepted > superseded rank
Subselliflorae · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Family Anthoptilidae Kölliker, 1880
- Family Balticinidae Balss, 1910
- Family Chunellidae Kükenthal, 1902
- Family Echinoptilidae Hubrecht, 1885
- Family Funiculinidae Gray, 1870
- Family Gyrophyllidae López-González,Drewery & Williams, 2022
- Family Kophobelemnidae Gray, 1860
- Family Pennatulidae Ehrenberg, 1834
- Family Protoptilidae Kölliker, 1872
- Family Pseudumbellulidae López-González in López-González & Drewery, 2022
- Family Scleroptilidae Jungersen, 1904
- Family Stachyptilidae Kölliker, 1880
- Family Umbellulidae Lindahl, 1874 (1840)
- Family Virgulariidae Verrill, 1868
- Family Halipteridae Williams, 1995 accepted as Balticinidae Balss, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Family Umbellulidae Kölliker, 1880 accepted as Umbellulidae Lindahl, 1874 (1840) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, incorrect authority)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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): 287 [details]
page(s): 287 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1609360 on 2026-07-05
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1609360 on 2026-07-05
original description
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): 287 [details]
additional source ICZN. (1999). Article 36. Principle of Coordination. <em>International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Fourth Edition. The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature.</em> London, UK. 306 pp., available online at https://code.iczn.org/family-group-nominal-taxa-and-their-names/article-36-principle-of-coordination/?frame=1 [details]
status source McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 22 [details]
identification resource Williams, G.; Tracey, D.; Mackay, E. (2014). PENNATULACEA (SEA PENS) DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND REGION. A field guide of commonly sampled New Zealand sea pens including illustrations highlighting technical terms and sea pen morphology. <em>New Zealand Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Report.</em> No. 132. 22 p., available online at https://www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/4376-aebr-132-pennatulaces-sea-pens-descriptions-for-the-new-zealand-region
note: Guide to NZ fauna: covering the following taxa: Echinoptilum spp. Kophobelemnon stelliferum Anthoptilum grandiflorum Anthoptilum gowlettholmesae Funiculina quadrangularis Distichoptilum grac...
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page(s): 287 [details]
additional source ICZN. (1999). Article 36. Principle of Coordination. <em>International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Fourth Edition. The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature.</em> London, UK. 306 pp., available online at https://code.iczn.org/family-group-nominal-taxa-and-their-names/article-36-principle-of-coordination/?frame=1 [details]
status source McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 22 [details]
identification resource Williams, G.; Tracey, D.; Mackay, E. (2014). PENNATULACEA (SEA PENS) DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND REGION. A field guide of commonly sampled New Zealand sea pens including illustrations highlighting technical terms and sea pen morphology. <em>New Zealand Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Report.</em> No. 132. 22 p., available online at https://www.mpi.govt.nz/dmsdocument/4376-aebr-132-pennatulaces-sea-pens-descriptions-for-the-new-zealand-region
note: Guide to NZ fauna: covering the following taxa: Echinoptilum spp. Kophobelemnon stelliferum Anthoptilum grandiflorum Anthoptilum gowlettholmesae Funiculina quadrangularis Distichoptilum grac...
Guide to NZ fauna: covering the following taxa:
Echinoptilum spp.
Kophobelemnon stelliferum
Anthoptilum grandiflorum
Anthoptilum gowlettholmesae
Funiculina quadrangularis
Distichoptilum gracile
Protoptilum spp.
Umbellula spp.
Halipteris cf. willemoesi
Stylatula austropacifica
Acanthoptilum longifolium
Pennatula phosphorea
Pennatula spp.
Gyrophyllum sibogae
Pteroeides spp.
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | zeepennen [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | sea pens [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | 定座／ウミサボテン亜目 [from synonym]半座／ウミエラ亜目 [from synonym]ウミエラ目 [from synonym] | [details] |
| Swedish | sjöpennor [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pennatulacea)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pennatuloidea)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sessiliflorae) (from synonym Sessiliflorae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Subselliflorae) (from synonym Subselliflorae)
To Genbank (from synonym Sessiliflorae)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Pennatulacea)
To Genbank (from synonym Subselliflorae)
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits) (from synonym Subselliflorae)
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits) (from synonym Pennatulacea)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pennatuloidea)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sessiliflorae) (from synonym Sessiliflorae)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Subselliflorae) (from synonym Subselliflorae)
To Genbank (from synonym Sessiliflorae)
To Genbank
To Genbank (from synonym Pennatulacea)
To Genbank (from synonym Subselliflorae)
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits) (from synonym Subselliflorae)
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits) (from synonym Pennatulacea)
Unreviewed
