Sarcoptilus

Sarcoptilus
A drawing of Sarcoptilus grandis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Scleralcyonacea
Family: Pennatulidae
Genus: Sarcoptilus
Gray, 1848
Type species
Sarcoptilus grandis

Sarcoptilus is a genus of sea pen.

Description

They are colonial, medium-sized sea pens with relatively tiny polyps.

Species

References

  1. ↑ Zoological Society of London.; London, Zoological Society of; London, Zoological Society of (1848). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.]
  2. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sarcoptilus Gray, 1848". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-01-05.