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Family: Pennatulidae



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59 species (see list below)
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Crassophyllum cristatum
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Crassophyllum thessalonicae
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Gyrophyllum hirondellei
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Gyrophyllum sibogae
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Pennatula aculeata
[Thorny sea pen]
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Pennatula argentina
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Pennatula bayeri
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Pennatula borealis
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Pennatula delicata
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Pennatula fimbriata
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Pennatula indica
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Pennatula inflata
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Pennatula moseleyi
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Pennatula murrayi
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Pennatula naresi
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Pennatula pearceyi
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Tiralongo, Francesco

Eastern Pacific, Atlantic
Max. Length 9.9 cm TL
Pennatula phosphoreaLinnaeus, 1758

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Pennatula phosphorea
[Phosphorescent sea pen]
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Pennatula prolifera
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Tiralongo, Francesco

Atlantic and the Mediterr

Pennatula rubra(Ellis, 1764)

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Pennatula rubra
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Pteroeides acutum
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Pteroeides bankanense
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Pteroeides bestae
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Pteroeides breviradiatum
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Imahara, Yukimitsu

Western Central Pacific

Pteroeides caledonicumKölliker, 1869

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Pteroeides caledonicum
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Pteroeides carnosum
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Pteroeides crossieri
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Pteroeides densum
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Pteroeides dofleini
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Pteroeides duebeni
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Pteroeides durum
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Pteroeides esperi
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Pteroeides flexuosum
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Pteroeides griseum
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Pteroeides humesi
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Pteroeides hymenocaulon
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Pteroeides isosceles
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Pteroeides jungerseni
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Pteroeides laboutei
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Pteroeides latissimum
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Pteroeides lusitanicum
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Pteroeides malayense
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Pteroeides morbusus
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Pteroeides oblongum
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Pteroeides sagamiense
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Pteroeides sparmanni
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Pteroeides spicatum
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Pteroeides spinosum
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Pteroeides tenerum
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Pteroeides timorense
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Pteroeides triangulum
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Ptilella grandis
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Ptilella grayi
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Max. Length 46 cm H
 
Ptilosarcus gurneyi
[Orange sea pen]
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Ptilosarcus undulatus
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Sarcoptilus bollonsi
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Sarcoptilus grandis
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Sarcoptilus nullispiculatus
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Sarcoptilus rigidis
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Sarcoptilus shaneparkeri
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