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Class: Octocorallia
Order: Scleralcyonacea
Family: Pennatulidae

Genus: Pennatula

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15 species (see list below)
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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

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

Tiralongo, Francesco

Atlantic and the Mediterr

Pennatula rubra(Ellis, 1764)

Photo by Tiralongo, Francesco
 
Pennatula rubra
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