Sarcoptilus

Sarcoptilus is a genus of sea pen.

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

Description

They are colonial medium-sized sea pens with relatively tiny polyps.[1]

Species

[2]

  • Sarcoptilus bollonsi (Benham, 1906)
  • Sarcoptilus grandis Gray, 1848
  • Sarcoptilus nullispiculatus Williams, 1995
  • Sarcoptilus rigidis Williams, 1995
  • Sarcoptilus shaneparkeri Williams, 1995
  • Sarcoptilus roseum? (Broch, 1910)

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.


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