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Sea-pens
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Sea-pens

Pennatula

Pennatula is a genus of sea pens in the family Pennatulidae. The genus contains several bioluminescent species, including Pennatula rubra, Pennatula phosphorea, and Pennatula aculeata.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Phosphorescent sea pen

speciesPennatula phosphorea

Pennatula aculeata

speciesPennatula aculeata

Pennatula rubra

speciesPennatula rubra

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 459886.