WoRMS taxon details
Plexaurella Kölliker, 1865
267753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267753)
accepted
Genus
Plexaurella (Pseudeunicea) Verrill, 1912 · unaccepted
- Species Plexaurella dichotoma (Esper, 1788)
- Species Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill, 1912
- Species Plexaurella grisea Kunze, 1916
- Species Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
- Species Plexaurella obesa Verrill, 1912
- Species Plexaurella rastrera Cordeiro, McFadden, Sánchez & Pérez, 2021
- Species Plexaurella regia Castro, 1989
- Species Plexaurella teres Kunze, 1916
- Subgenus Plexaurella (Pseudeunicea) Verrill, 1912 accepted as Plexaurella Kölliker, 1865
- Species Plexaurella (Pseudeunicea) grandiflora Verrill, 1912 accepted as Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill, 1912 (original combination)
- Species Plexaurella affinis Bell, 1889 accepted as Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plexaurella anguiculoides Gray in Bell, 1889 accepted as Plexaurella grisea Kunze, 1916 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plexaurella braziliana Verrill, 1912 accepted as Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill, 1912 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plexaurella curvata Kunze, 1916 accepted as Plexaurella grisea Kunze, 1916 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plexaurella cylindrica Verrill, 1912 accepted as Plexaurella braziliana Verrill, 1912 accepted as Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill, 1912 (synonym)
- Species Plexaurella dubrovskyi Stiasny, 1935 accepted as Pseudoplexaura flagellosa (Houttuyn, 1772) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plexaurella friabilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) accepted as Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Species Plexaurella fusifera Kunze, 1916 accepted as Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plexaurella heteropora (Lamarck, 1815) accepted as Plexaurella grisea Kunze, 1916 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plexaurella kunzei Kükenthal, 1924 accepted as Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plexaurella minuta Kunze, 1916 accepted as Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill, 1912 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plexaurella porosa Gordon, 1925 accepted as Pseudoplexaura flagellosa (Houttuyn, 1772) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plexaurella pumila Verrill, 1912 accepted as Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill, 1912 (synonymy)
- Species Plexaurella tenuis Kunze, 1916 accepted as Pseudoplexaura tenuis (Kunze, 1916) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Plexaurella vanderhorsti Stiasny, 1935 accepted as Pseudoplexaura porosa (Houttuyn, 1772) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Plexaurella verrucosa Verrill, 1912 accepted as Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill, 1912 (synonymy)
- Species Plexaurella crassa (Ellis, 1786) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Plexaurella furcata (Lamarck, 1816) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Plexaurella philippinensis Wright & Studer, 1889 (uncertain)
- Species Plexaurella vermiculata (Lamarck, 1815) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Kölliker, A., 1865. Icones histologicae oder Atlas der vergleichenden Gewebelehre. Zweiter Abtheilung. Der feinere Bau der höheren Thiere, 1. Die Bindesubstanz der Coelenteraten : 87-191., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12296479
page(s): 138 [details]
page(s): 138 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Plexaurella Kölliker, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267753 on 2024-04-19
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
original description
Kölliker, A., 1865. Icones histologicae oder Atlas der vergleichenden Gewebelehre. Zweiter Abtheilung. Der feinere Bau der höheren Thiere, 1. Die Bindesubstanz der Coelenteraten : 87-191., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12296479
page(s): 138 [details]
original description (of Plexaurella (Pseudeunicea) Verrill, 1912) Verrill, A.E. (1912). The gorgonians of the Brazilian coast. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (2).</em> 15:373-404., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33245294
page(s): 383 [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 Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 101 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Sánchez, J. A. (2007). A new genus of Atlantic octocorals (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae): systematics of gorgoniids with asymmetric sclerites. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 41(9-12): 493-509., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930701237315
page(s): 494 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 6, 91, 94-95 [details]
additional source Lasker, H. R.; Coffroth, M. (1983). Octocoral distributions at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 13, 21-28
page(s): 23, 25 [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): 498, 502, 503, 504, 506 [details]
additional source Sánchez, J. A.; Wirshing, H. H. (2005). A field key to the identification of tropical western Atlantic zooxanthellate octocorals (Octocorallia: Cnidaria). Caribbean Journal of Science, 41(3): 508-522
page(s): 514, 519 [details]
page(s): 138 [details]
original description (of Plexaurella (Pseudeunicea) Verrill, 1912) Verrill, A.E. (1912). The gorgonians of the Brazilian coast. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (2).</em> 15:373-404., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33245294
page(s): 383 [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 Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 101 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Sánchez, J. A. (2007). A new genus of Atlantic octocorals (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae): systematics of gorgoniids with asymmetric sclerites. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 41(9-12): 493-509., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930701237315
page(s): 494 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 6, 91, 94-95 [details]
additional source Lasker, H. R.; Coffroth, M. (1983). Octocoral distributions at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 13, 21-28
page(s): 23, 25 [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): 498, 502, 503, 504, 506 [details]
additional source Sánchez, J. A.; Wirshing, H. H. (2005). A field key to the identification of tropical western Atlantic zooxanthellate octocorals (Octocorallia: Cnidaria). Caribbean Journal of Science, 41(3): 508-522
page(s): 514, 519 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
