Sea Pens

Pennatulacea Verrill 1865

Pennatulacea (Sea Pens) is an order of cnidarians. There are 254 species of Sea Pens, in 38 genera and 14 families.

EOL has data for 7 attributes, including:

known marine species
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DescribedAcceptedSpecies
- Definition: number of currently described and taxonomically accepted marine species in this clade (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)
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220
harvested in
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/harvested_in
- Definition: This organism is caught or collected, and put to human use, in the following region(s)
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Japan
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/1861060
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undescribed marine species present in museum collections
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/UndescribedSpeciesInMuseumCollections
- Definition: "marine species in this clade which are currently represented in specimen collections (estimate) (Appeltans et al. 2012. The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity. Current Biology 22, 2189–2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036)"
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20

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of sea pens. View this species on GBIF

The environments in which many sea pens species are known to live. Select an environment to see its sea pens species checklist.

The environments in which many sea pens species are known to live. Select an environment to see its sea pens species checklist.