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Pennatula
	Pennatula phosphorea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Octocorallia
Order:	Pennatulacea
Family:	Pennatulidae
Genus:	Pennatula
Species
	Pennatula aculeata Danielssen, 1860; Pennatula bayeri Barreira e Castro & Semaro de Medeiros, 2001; Pennatula delicata Tixier-Durivault, 1966; Pennatula fimbriata Herklots, 1858; Pennatula grandis Ehrenberg, 1834; Pennatula indica Thomson & Henderson, 1906; Pennatula inflata Kükenthal, 1910; Pennatula mollis Alder, 1867; Pennatula moseleyi Kölliker, 1880; Pennatula murrayi Kölliker, 1880; Pennatula naresi Kölliker, 1880; Pennatula pearceyi Kölliker, 1880; Pennatula phosphorea Linnaeus, 1758; Pennatula prolifera Jungersen, 1904; Pennatula rubra (Ellis, 1761);
Synonyms
	Ptilella Gray, 1870;

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]

References

^ ^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.

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