MSBIAS taxon details

Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834

1609360 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1609360)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Cnidaria
  4. Anthozoa
  5. Octocorallia
  6. Scleralcyonacea
  7. Pennatuloidea
accepted
Superfamily
Scleralcyonacea
Pennatulacea · unaccepted > superseded rank
Sessiliflorae · unaccepted > superseded rank
Subselliflorae · unaccepted > superseded rank

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  1. Family Balticinidae Balss, 1910
  2. Family Funiculinidae Gray, 1870
  3. Family Kophobelemnidae Gray, 1860
  4. Family Pennatulidae Ehrenberg, 1834
  5. Family Protoptilidae Kölliker, 1872
  6. Family Umbellulidae Lindahl, 1874 (1840)
  7. Family Veretillidae Herklots, 1858
  8. Family Virgulariidae Verrill, 1868
  9. Family Halipteridae Williams, 1995 accepted as Balticinidae Balss, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  10. 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] 
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: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1609360 on 2026-07-06
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1609360 on 2026-07-06
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2022-11-02 02:55:04Z
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McFadden, Cathy
2024-05-27 17:20:11Z
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Cordeiro, Ralf

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...    
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.
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English sea pens [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)
Unreviewed