Echinoptilidae
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| Actinoptilum molle | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
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| Order: | Pennatulacea |
| Suborder: | Sessiliflorae |
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Echinoptilidae Hubrecht, 1885 |
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Echinoptilidae is a family of sea pens, a member of the subclass in the phylum Cnidaria.
Colonies 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.
Indo-West Pacific to south western Africa in shallow sublittoral to over 800m depth.
The World Register of Marine Species list the following genera:
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