''Funiculana'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
sea pen
Sea pens are colonial marine cnidarians belonging to the order Pennatulacea. There are 14 families within the order; 35 extant genera, and it is estimated that of 450 described species, around 200 are valid. Sea pens have a co ...
s. It is the only genus in the family Funiculinidae. It contains three species:
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Funiculina armata
''Funiculana'' is a genus of sea pen
Sea pens are colonial marine cnidarians belonging to the order Pennatulacea. There are 14 families within the order; 35 extant genera, and it is estimated that of 450 described species, ar ...
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Verrill, 1879
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Funiculina parkeri
''Funiculana'' is a genus of sea pens. It is the only genus in the family Funiculinidae. It contains three species:
*''Funiculina armata
''Funiculana'' is a genus of sea pen
Sea pens are colonial marine cnidarians belonging to the order ...
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Kükenthal, 1909
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Funiculina quadrangularis
''Funiculina quadrangularis,'' commonly known as tall sea pen, is an uncommon cold water coral within the Family Funiculinidae. It is named tall sea pen because it looks like a quill sticking in the bottom of the sea. It forms habitat for severa ...
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(Pallas, 1766)
References
Funiculinidae
Octocorallia genera
Bioluminescent cnidarians
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