Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Cnidaria - (Class) Anthozoa - (Order) Pennatulacea - (Family) Pennatulidae

Original position

Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Pennatulidae (Family)

Original entries

Pennatula filosa Linnaeus, 1758
Pennatula mirabilis Linnaeus, 1758
Pennatula phosphorea Linnaeus, 1758
Pennatula sagitta Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Pennatulidae (Family)

Ref: J. van der Land & G.C. Williams, 2001: 105.

Alternative positions

Pteroididae (Family)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 595. [inferred name]
Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1321.

Historical positions

Pennatulidae (Family)	Ref: D.G. Fautin, 2005: 26 Jan 2006.
Pennatulidae (Family)	Ref: J. van der Land & G.C. Williams, 2001: 105.
Pennatulacea (Order)	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Pennatulidae (Family)	Ref: D.F. Dunn, 1982: 693.
Pteroididae (Family)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 595. [inferred name]
Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1074, 1321.
Zoophyta (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 646, 818. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[4s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[4s]