Pennatulacea


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Pennatulacea

[pə‚nach·ə′lā·shə]
(invertebrate zoology)
The sea pens, an order of the subclass Alcyonaria; individuals lack stolons and live with their bases embedded in the soft substratum of the sea.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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