Deep-Sea taxon details
Plumarella dichotoma Cairns & Bayer, 2004
287665 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287665)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Cairns, S. D.; Bayer, F. M. (2004). Studies on western Atlantic Octocorallia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). Part 5. The genera <i>Plumarella</i> Gray, 1870; <i>Acanthoprimnoa</i>, n. gen.; and <i>Candidella</i> Bayer, 1954. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 117(4), 447-487.
page(s): 462-464 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 462-464 [details] Available for editors
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Plumarella dichotoma Cairns & Bayer, 2004. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287665 on 2026-09-17
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Plumarella dichotoma Cairns & Bayer, 2004. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287665 on 2026-09-17
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Cairns, S. D.; Bayer, F. M. (2004). Studies on western Atlantic Octocorallia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa). Part 5. The genera <i>Plumarella</i> Gray, 1870; <i>Acanthoprimnoa</i>, n. gen.; and <i>Candidella</i> Bayer, 1954. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 117(4), 447-487.
page(s): 462-464 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA).</em> 629:1-79. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.629 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
page(s): 462-464 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Cairns, S.D. & F.M. Bayer. (2009). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria:Octocorallia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington DC (USA).</em> 629:1-79. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.629 [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
