Sarcoptilus is a genus of sea pen.
| Sarcoptilus | |
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| A drawing of Sarcoptilus grandis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Pennatulacea |
| Family: | Pennatulidae |
| Genus: | Sarcoptilus Gray, 1848 |
| Type species | |
| Sarcoptilus grandis | |
Description edit
They are colonial medium-sized sea pens with relatively tiny polyps.[1]
Species edit
- 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 edit
- ^ Zoological Society of London.; London, Zoological Society of; London, Zoological Society of (1848). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.]
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sarcoptilus Gray, 1848". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-01-05.
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