Echinoptilidae is a family of sea pens, a member of the subclass Octocorallia in the phylum Cnidaria.
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| Actinoptilum molle | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Pennatulacea |
| Family: | Echinoptilidae Hubrecht, 1885 |
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Characteristics
editColonies are cylindrical without axis, and the rachis is generally longer than the peduncle. The colony may be radially or bilaterally symmetrical. Autozooids have non-retractile, bifurcated calyces with many sclerites.[1]
Distribution
editIndo-West Pacific to south western Africa in shallow sublittoral to over 800m depth.[1]
Genera
editThe World Register of Marine Species list the following genera:[2]
- Genus Actinoptilum Kükenthal, 1911
- Genus Echinoptilum Hubrecht, 1885
References
edit- ^ a b The Pennatulacea of Southern Africa (Coelentrata, Anthozoa), Annals of the South African Museum Volume 99 May 1990 part 4, Cape Town. ISBN 0 86813 109 1
- ^ van Ofwegen, L. (2012). Echinoptilidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196247 on 2013-04-19
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