| Pennatula | |
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| Pennatula phosphorea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Pennatulacea |
| Family: | Pennatulidae |
| Genus: | Pennatula |
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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.[2][3]
- ^ a b Cordeiro, R.; van Ofwegen, L.; Williams, G. (2019). World List of Octocorallia. Pennatula Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128495 Archived 2015-04-08 at the Wayback Machine on 2019-05-01
- ^ Herring, Peter J. (1987). "Systematic distribution of bioluminescence in living organisms". Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 1 (3): 147–163. doi:10.1002/bio.1170010303. PMID 3503524.
- ^ Williams, Gary (2001). "First record of a bioluminescent soft coral: description of a disjunct population of Eleutherobia grayi (Thomson and Dean, 1921) from the Solomon Islands, with a review of bioluminescence in the Octocorallia". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 52: 209–225.