WoRMS taxon details
Muricea fruticosa Verrill, 1869
287562 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287562)
accepted
Species
Pseudothesea crosslandi (Hickson, 1928) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Thesea crosslandi Hickson, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Muricea fruticosa typica Verrill, 1869
- Variety Muricea fruticosa var. miser Verrill, 1869
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A.E. (1868-1870). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science.</em> 1: 377-558, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27729638
page(s): 428-430 [details]
page(s): 428-430 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Muricea fruticosa Verrill, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287562 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Verrill, A.E. (1868-1870). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science.</em> 1: 377-558, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27729638
page(s): 428-430 [details]
original description (of Thesea crosslandi Hickson, 1928) Hickson, S.J. (1928). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XLVII. The Gorgonacea of Panama Bay together with a description of one new species from the Galapagos islands and one from Trinidad. <em>Videnskabelige meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 85: 325-422, plates 4-6.
page(s): 354-356 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 428-430 [details]
original description (of Thesea crosslandi Hickson, 1928) Hickson, S.J. (1928). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XLVII. The Gorgonacea of Panama Bay together with a description of one new species from the Galapagos islands and one from Trinidad. <em>Videnskabelige meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i København.</em> 85: 325-422, plates 4-6.
page(s): 354-356 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Breedy, O.; Guzman, H. (2016). A revision of the genus Muricea Lamouroux, 1821 (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the eastern Pacific. Part II. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 581: 1-69., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.581.7910
page(s): 9-14 [details]
page(s): 9-14 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 142 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Zeevi Ben-Yosef, D.; Benayahu, Y. (1999). The gorgonian coral Acabaria biserialis: life history of a successful colonizer of artificial substrata. Marine Biology, 135, 473-481
page(s): 474 [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): 180, 181 [details]
additional source Horvath, E. A. (2019). A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part II: Species of Holaxonia, families Gorgoniidae and Plexauridae. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 860: 67-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.33597 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 142 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zeevi Ben-Yosef, D.; Benayahu, Y. (1999). The gorgonian coral Acabaria biserialis: life history of a successful colonizer of artificial substrata. Marine Biology, 135, 473-481
page(s): 474 [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): 180, 181 [details]
additional source Horvath, E. A. (2019). A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part II: Species of Holaxonia, families Gorgoniidae and Plexauridae. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 860: 67-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.33597 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
