MarBEF Data System - ERMS

ERMS name details

Pennatulacea

AphiaID

1367 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1367)

Classification

Authority

Verrill, 1865

Status

unaccepted > superseded rank

Accepted name

Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834

Rank

Order

Parent

Octocorallia

Direct children (2)

Ordering

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By status

Children Display

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Suborder Sessiliflorae accepted as Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Suborder Subselliflorae accepted as Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834 (unaccepted > superseded rank)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Pennatulacea. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1367 on 2026-01-15

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Pennatulacea. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1367 on 2026-01-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2005-07-27 12:57:38Z

checked

Williams, Gary

2022-11-02 02:55:04Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2023-11-23 23:54:57Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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basis of record Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

additional source Daly, M., M.R. Brugler, P. Cartwright, A.G. Collins, M.N. Dawson, D.G. Fautin, S.C. France, C.S. McFadden, D.M. Opresko, E. Rodriquez, S.L. Romano, J.L. Stake. (2007). The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. <em>Zootaxa.</em> (1668): 127-182., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01668p182.pdf [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Language	Name
Dutch	zeepennen	[details]
English	sea pens	[details]

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