MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834

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Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834

Pennatulacea - sea pens

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Scleralcyonacea

Synonymised names

Pennatulacea · unaccepted > superseded rank

Sessiliflorae · unaccepted > superseded rank

Subselliflorae · unaccepted > superseded rank

Direct children (20)

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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 Renillidae Gray, 1870
Family Scleroptilidae Jungersen, 1904
Family Stachyptilidae Kölliker, 1880
Family Umbellulidae Lindahl, 1874 (1840)
Family Veretillidae Herklots, 1858
Family Virgulariidae Verrill, 1868
Family Halipteridae Williams, 1995 accepted as Balticinidae Balss, 1910 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Ombellulidae Williams, 1995 accepted as Umbellulidae Lindahl, 1874 (1840) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Umbellulidae Kölliker, 1880 accepted as Umbellulidae Lindahl, 1874 (1840) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, incorrect authority)
Family Kophobelemnonidae Gray, 1860 represented as Kophobelemnidae Gray, 1860

Environment

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

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. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1: 225-380., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29725862
page(s): 287 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1609360 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2022-11-02 02:55:04Z

created

McFadden, Cathy

2024-05-27 17:20:11Z

changed

Cordeiro, Ralf

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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. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 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. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Fourth Edition. The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. 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. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 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. New Zealand Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Report. 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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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)

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Pennatulacea - sea pens

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