Ptilella

Ptilella grandis, P. inflata and P. bellissima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Subselliflorae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Anthozoa Subclassis: Octocorallia Ordo: Pennatulacea Subordo: Subselliflorae

Familia: Pennatulidae
Genus: Ptilella
Species: P. bellissima – P. grandis – P. grayi – P. inflata

Name

Ptilella Gray, 1870

Type species: Pennatula borealis M. Sars, 1846 (type by monotypy)

ZooBank: C52E966C-E7D0-4EE9-B920-AA75688B9B40

Note: The type species Pennatula borealis was synonymized with Pennatula grandis by Kölliker (1872) making unaccepted the genus Ptilella, that have been reinstalled by García-Cárdenas, Drewery & López-González (2019)

References

Primary references

• García-Cárdenas, F.J., Drewery, J., López-González, P.J. 2019. Resurrection of the sea pen genus Ptilella Gray, 1870 and description of Ptilella grayi n. sp. from the NE Atlantic (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea). Scientia Marina. 83(3): 261-276. DOI: 10.3989/scimar.04845.26A Reference page.  [redescription, status: p. 265-266]
• Gray, J.E. 1870. Catalogue of sea-pens or Pennatulariidae in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum. London, 40 pp. BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 21]

Links

• Ptilella in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Ptilella – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ptilella.
• ION

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