Pennatulacea
plural noun
Pen·nat·u·la·cea
| \ pəˌnachəˈlāshēə \
Definition of Pennatulacea
: an order of Alcyonaria including the sea pens, sea pansies, and related forms that develop a colony which usually resembles a feather, leaf, or club, is often more or less bilaterally symmetrical with the polyps arranged along the distal part of a central axis or on lateral branches and has the basal end of the axis destitute of polyps and embedded in the mud of the sea bottom
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“Pennatulacea.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pennatulacea. Accessed 3 Aug. 2021.
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