Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Octocorallia > Order Scleralcyonacea

Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Superfamily group names

*Pennatulacea*	Verrill, 1865	synonym
*Sessiliflorae*	Kükenthal, 1915	synonym
*Subselliflorae*		synonym

Children

Anthoptilidae Kölliker, 1880
Balticinidae Balss, 1910
Funiculinidae Gray, 1870
Gyrophyllidae López-González,Drewery & Williams, 2022
Kophobelemnidae Gray, 1860
Pennatulidae Ehrenberg, 1834
Protoptilidae Kölliker, 1872
Pseudumbellulidae López-González in López-González & Drewery, 2022
Umbellulidae Lindahl, 1874 (1840)
Veretillidae Herklots, 1858
Virgulariidae Verrill, 1868

Literature

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.
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.
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.
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.

Genbank

Citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Pennatuloidea Ehrenberg, 1834. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1609360