URMO taxon details
Plexaura Lamouroux, 1812
267752 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267752)
accepted
Genus
- Species Plexaura arbuscula Duchassaing, 1850
- Species Plexaura corticosa Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
- Species Plexaura dubia Kölliker, 1865
- Species Plexaura edwardsi Moser, 1921
- Species Plexaura ehrenbergi Kölliker, 1865
- Species Plexaura esperi Verrill, 1907
- Species Plexaura flexuosula Kükenthal, 1924
- Species Plexaura hartmeyeri Moser, 1921
- Species Plexaura homomalla (Esper, 1794)
- Species Plexaura kuekenthali Moser, 1921
- Species Plexaura kuna Lasker, Kim & Coffroth, 1996
- Species Plexaura miniacea Ehrenberg, 1834
- Species Plexaura nina Bayer & Deichmann, 1958
- Species Plexaura porosa (Esper, 1794)
- Species Plexaura turgida Ehrenberg, 1834
- Species Plexaura valenciennesi Wright & Studer, 1889
- Species Plexaura aggregata Nutting, 1910 accepted as Rumphella aggregata (Nutting, 1910) (original combination)
- Species Plexaura atra (Verrill, 1901) accepted as Eunicea tourneforti f. atra Verrill, 1901 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plexaura attenuata Nutting, 1910 accepted as Euplexaura attenuata (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Plexaura capoblancoi Stiasny, 1936 accepted as Muriceopsis tuberculata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plexaura flava Nutting, 1910 accepted as Pinnigorgia flava (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Plexaura flavida (Lamarck, 1815) accepted as Muriceopsis flavida (Lamarck, 1815) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Plexaura flexosa Lamouroux, 1821 accepted as Plexaura flexuosa Lamouroux, 1821 accepted as Eunicea flexuosa (Lamouroux, 1821) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Plexaura flexuosa Lamouroux, 1821 accepted as Eunicea flexuosa (Lamouroux, 1821) (original combination)
- Species Plexaura fusca (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) accepted as Eunicea fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Plexaura laevigata Moser, 1921 accepted as Pseudoplexaura flagellosa (Houttuyn, 1772) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, uncertain synonym)
- Species Plexaura pinnata Nutting, 1910 accepted as Euplexaura nuttingi Kükenthal, 1919 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Euplexaura pinnata Wright & Studer, 1889)
- Species Plexaura platystoma Nutting, 1910 accepted as Pinnigorgia platystoma (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Plexaura racemosa Valenciennes, 1855 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Plexaura ramosa Moser, 1921 accepted as Pseudoplexaura porosa (Houttuyn, 1772) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, uncertain synonym)
- Species Plexaura recta Nutting, 1910 accepted as Euplexaura recta (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Plexaura volvata Kunze, 1917 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1812). Extrait d'un m�moire sur la classification des Polypiers corallig�nes non enti�rement pierreux. Nouveau Bulletin scientifique de la Soci�t� Philosophique, 3: 181-188, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31775884
page(s): 187 [details]
page(s): 187 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Plexaura Lamouroux, 1812. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267752 on 2025-06-29
Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Plexaura Lamouroux, 1812. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267752 on 2025-06-29
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Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1812). Extrait d'un m�moire sur la classification des Polypiers corallig�nes non enti�rement pierreux. Nouveau Bulletin scientifique de la Soci�t� Philosophique, 3: 181-188, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31775884
page(s): 187 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source K�kenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 111-112 [details] Available for editors
additional source Moser, J. (1921). Ergebnisse einer Revision der Gattung <em>Plexaura</em> Lamouroux. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 53: 110-118., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29985274 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1991). Thelogorgia, a new genus of gorgonacean octocorals, with descriptions of four new species from the western Atlantic. <em>Bulletin of marine science.</em> 49(1-2), 506-537.
page(s): 507 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1955). Contributions to the nomenclature, systematics, and morphology of the Octocorallia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 105: 207-220, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15705299
page(s): 212 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 248 [details]
additional source Lasker, H. R. (1983). Vegetative reproduction in the octocoral Briareum asbestinum (Pallas). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 72, 157-169
page(s): 158 [details]
additional source Coma, R.; Zabala, M.; Gili, J. (1995). Sexual reproductive effort in the Mediterranean gorgonian Paramuricea clavata. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 117, 185-192
page(s): 189 [details]
additional source Orejas, C.; Gili, J.; L�pez-Gonz�lez, P. J.; Hasemann, C.; Arntz, W. E. (2007). Reproduction patterns of four Antarctic octocorals in the Weddell Sea: an inter-specific, shape, and latitudinal comparison. Marine Biology, 150, 551-563
page(s): 560, 561 [details]
additional source Wirshing, H. H.; Messing, C. G.; Douady, C. J.; Reed, J. K.; Stanhope, M. J. (2005). Molecular evidence for multiple lineages in the gorgonian family Plexauridae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Marine Biology, 147, 497-508
page(s): 502, 504, 507 [details]
additional source Coma, R.; Ribes, M.; Zabala, M.; Gili, J. (1995). Reproduction and cycle of gonadal development in the Mediterranean gorgonian Paramuricea clavata. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 117, 173-183
page(s): 179, 180, 181 [details]
page(s): 187 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source K�kenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 111-112 [details] Available for editors
additional source Moser, J. (1921). Ergebnisse einer Revision der Gattung <em>Plexaura</em> Lamouroux. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 53: 110-118., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29985274 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1991). Thelogorgia, a new genus of gorgonacean octocorals, with descriptions of four new species from the western Atlantic. <em>Bulletin of marine science.</em> 49(1-2), 506-537.
page(s): 507 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1955). Contributions to the nomenclature, systematics, and morphology of the Octocorallia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 105: 207-220, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15705299
page(s): 212 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 248 [details]
additional source Lasker, H. R. (1983). Vegetative reproduction in the octocoral Briareum asbestinum (Pallas). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 72, 157-169
page(s): 158 [details]
additional source Coma, R.; Zabala, M.; Gili, J. (1995). Sexual reproductive effort in the Mediterranean gorgonian Paramuricea clavata. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 117, 185-192
page(s): 189 [details]
additional source Orejas, C.; Gili, J.; L�pez-Gonz�lez, P. J.; Hasemann, C.; Arntz, W. E. (2007). Reproduction patterns of four Antarctic octocorals in the Weddell Sea: an inter-specific, shape, and latitudinal comparison. Marine Biology, 150, 551-563
page(s): 560, 561 [details]
additional source Wirshing, H. H.; Messing, C. G.; Douady, C. J.; Reed, J. K.; Stanhope, M. J. (2005). Molecular evidence for multiple lineages in the gorgonian family Plexauridae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Marine Biology, 147, 497-508
page(s): 502, 504, 507 [details]
additional source Coma, R.; Ribes, M.; Zabala, M.; Gili, J. (1995). Reproduction and cycle of gonadal development in the Mediterranean gorgonian Paramuricea clavata. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 117, 173-183
page(s): 179, 180, 181 [details]
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