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Pennatulacea

a COELENTERATE family including the sea pens.
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In addition, three species (unidentified "thin" Pennatulacea, O.
A Comparison of Fishes and Invertebrates Living in the Vicinity of Energized and Unenergized Submarine Power Cables and Natural Sea Floor off Southern California, USA
Sea pens (of the order Pennatulacea) have been shown to harbor fish larvae, potentially playing an important role in the early life history of some redfishes (Sebastes spp.) (BailIon et al., 2012).
Ecological effects of bottom trawling on the structural attributes of fish habitat in unconsolidated sediments along the central California outer continental shelf
Primnoa spp., Paragoria spp.), sea whips (Pennatulacea), and a number of large, erect sponges (Heifetz, 2002: Malecha et al., In press).
Juvenile red rockfish, Sebastes sp., associations with sponges in the Gulf of Alaska
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