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Sea Pens

Pennatuloidea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini 2022

Pennatuloidea (Sea Pens) is a superfamily of . There are 238 species of Sea Pens, in 42 genera and 15 families.

EOL has data for one attribute:

supporting structures and enclosures
- URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/SupportingStructuresEnclosures
- Definition: Hard framework, internal or external, which supports and protects softer parts of plant, animal or unicellular organism, and to which muscles usually attach in animals, includes skeletons (derived from Lawrence, 2005).
- Attribution: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:SupportingStructuresEnclosures Lawrence, E. (ed.) (2005) Henderson's dictionary of Biology (13th edition). London, United Kingdom: Pearson Education Limited.
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endoskeleton
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0010362
- Definition: internal support structure of an animal, composed of mineralized tissue.
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Sea Pens includes 16 children: