Umbellula

Umbellula is a genus of cnidarians in the monotypic family Umbellulidae. The genus contains bioluminescent species.[2]

Droopy sea pen (Umbellula)

Umbellula
Umbellula encrinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Pennatulacea
Family: Umbellulidae
Genus: Umbellula
Gray, 1870
Type species
Umbellula encrinus
Species[1]
  • Umbellula ambigua Marion, 1906
  • Umbellula durissima Kölliker, 1880
  • Umbellula encrinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Umbellula guentheri Kölliker, 1880
  • Umbellula hemigymna Pasternak, 1975
  • Umbellula huxleyi Kölliker, 1880
  • Umbellula lindahli Kölliker, 1875
  • Umbellula magniflora Kölliker, 1880
  • Umbellula monocephalus Pasternak, 1964
  • Umbellula pallida Lindahl, 1874
  • Umbellula pellucida Kükenthal, 1902
  • Umbellula spicata Kükenthal, 1902
  • Umbellula thomsoni Kölliker, 1874
Synonyms[1]
  • Crinillum Harting, Miguel & Hoeven, 1861
  • Ombellula Gray, 1870
  • Ombellulaires Cuvier, 1817
  • Ombellularia Lamarck, 1836
  • Umbellaria Schweigger, 1820
  • Umbellularia Lamarck, 1801

References
  1. Cordeiro, R.; McFadden, C.; van Ofwegen, L.; Williams, G. (2019). World List of Octocorallia. Umbellula Gray, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=128499 on 2019-12-11
  2. 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.

Further reading
  • Williams, G.C.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia - Pennatulacea. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 105–106.
  • Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 46: 351–401.
  • Williams, G.C. (1999). Index Pennatulacea: annotated bibliography and indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469–1999. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 51(2): 19–103, 1 fig., 14 plates.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Cairns, S.D.; Gershwin, L.; Brook, F.J.; Pugh, P.; Dawson, E.W.; Ocaña O.V.; Vervoort, W.; Williams, G.; Watson, J.E.; Opresko, D.M.; Schuchert, P.; Hine, P.M.; Gordon, D.P.; Campbell, H.J.; Wright, A.J.; Sánchez, J.A.; Fautin, D.G. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 59–101., available online at http://si-pddr.si.edu/handle/10088/8431


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