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Pennatula
Pennatula phosphorea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Octocorallia
Order:	Pennatulacea
Family:	Pennatulidae
Genus:	Pennatula
Species
Pennatula aculeata Danielssen, 1860 Pennatula bayeri Barreira e Castro & Semaro de Medeiros, 2001 Pennatula delicata Tixier-Durivault, 1966 Pennatula fimbriata Herklots, 1858 Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg, 1834 Pennatula indica Thomson & Henderson, 1906 Pennatula inflata Kükenthal, 1910 Pennatula mollis Alder, 1867 Pennatula moseleyi Kölliker, 1880 Pennatula murrayi Kölliker, 1880 Pennatula naresi Kölliker, 1880 Pennatula pearceyi Kölliker, 1880 Pennatula phosphorea Linnaeus, 1758 Pennatula prolifera Jungersen, 1904 Pennatula rubra (Ellis, 1761)
Synonyms
Ptilella Gray, 1870

Pennatula is a genus of sea pens in the family Pennatulidae. The genus contains several bioluminescent species, including Pennatula rubra, Pennatula phosphorea, and Pennatula aculeata.

References

1. ^ Cordeiro, R.; van Ofwegen, L.; Williams, G. (2019). World List of Octocorallia. Pennatula Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128495 Archived 2015-04-08 at the Wayback Machine on 2019-05-01
2. Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.
3. Williams, Gary (2001). "First record of a bioluminescent soft coral: description of a disjunct population of Eleutherobia grayi (Thomson and Dean, 1921) from the Solomon Islands, with a review of bioluminescence in the Octocorallia". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 52: 209–225.

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