Pennatulacea

Devictor, Susan T. & Morton, Steve L., 2010, Identification guide to the shallow water (0 - 200 m) octocorals of the South Atlantic Bight 2599, Zootaxa 2599 (1), pp. 1-62 : 23

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2599.1.1

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scientific name

Pennatulacea
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Order Pennatulacea View in CoL

Pennatulaceans are octocorals with a oozooid modified to form a rachis bearing all secondary polyps (autozooids and siphonozooids), a barren stalk, and a peduncle for anchoring the colony in soft substrate (with a few rare exceptions [Alderslade, pers. comm.]). When present, the sclerites of pennatulaceans are in the form of simple rods, needles, plates, or egg-like ovals.

The Pennatulacea are poorly represented in the shallow SAB. Four species occur in this region but only two appear to be common.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Pennatulacea

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