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    Virgulariidae is a family of sea pens, a member of the subclass Octocorallia in the phylum Cnidaria. Colonies are bilateral, long and slender to very...
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    Umbellulidae Veretillidae Suborder Subsessiliflorae Halipteridae Pennatulidae Virgulariidae Actinoptilum molle (Echinoptilidae) Renilla sp. (Renillidae) Pennatula...
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    Virgularia (category Virgulariidae)
    Virgularia is a genus of sea pen in the family Virgulariidae. Virgularia abies Kölliker, 1870 Virgularia agassizi Studer, 1894 Virgularia alba (Nutting...
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    Feathery sea pen (category Virgulariidae)
    sea pen (Virgularia schultzei) is a species of sea pen in the family Virgulariidae. Feathery sea pens stand upright in the sand like the quill of a feather...
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  • Slender sea pen (category Virgulariidae)
    sea pen (Virgularia mirabilis) is a species of sea pen in the family Virgulariidae, occurring throughout the Mediterranean and Western Europe, with some...
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  • There are 302 species of cnidarians (phylum Cnidaria) recorded in Ireland. The cnidarians' distinguishing feature is cnidocytes, specialized cells that...
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    The list of marine cnidarians of South Africa is a list of saltwater species that form a part of the cnidarian (Phylum Cnidaria) fauna of South Africa...
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    Actinoptilum molle (Kukenthal, 1910) (whole South African coast) Family Virgulariidae Feathery sea pen, Virgularia schultzei Kukenthal, 1910 (Lüderitz to...
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