WoRMS taxon details

Paramuricea grandis Verrill, 1883

158289  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158289)

accepted
Species
Echinomuricea scolopendra Thomson, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lepidomuricea grandis (Verrill, 1883) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A.E. (1883). Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. <em>Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.</em> 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758
page(s): 37-38 [details]   
Distribution in Nova Scotia waters; found only in the Northwest Atlantic from the Grand Banks, Scotian Shelf, George's Bank and off New...  
Distribution in Nova Scotia waters; found only in the Northwest Atlantic from the Grand Banks, Scotian Shelf, George's Bank and off New England [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Paramuricea grandis Verrill, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158289 on 2024-03-28
Date
action
by
2005-05-25 10:44:50Z
created
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
changed
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
checked

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original description Verrill, A.E. (1883). Report on the Anthozoa, and on some additional species dredged by the "Blake" in 1877-1879, and by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Fish Hawk" in 1880-82. <em>Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard.</em> 11: 1-72, plates 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4621758
page(s): 37-38 [details]   

original description  (of Echinomuricea scolopendra Thomson, 1927) Thomson, J.A. (1927). Alcyonaires provenant des campagnes scientifiques du Prince Albert Ier de Monaco. <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert Ier.</em> 73: 1-77, plates 1-6., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924003498692&view=1up&seq=13
page(s): 43 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

basis of record Breeze, H., D.S. Davis, M. Butler, and V. Kostylev. 1997. Distribution and status of deep sea corals off Nova Scotia. Ecology Action Centre. Halifax. 58 p. [details]   

additional source 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 Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 224-225 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [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): 7, 98, 134, 135, 289, Plate 14 [details]   

additional source Bayer, F.M. (1959). A review of the gorgonacean genus Placogorgia Studer, with a description of Placogorgia tribuloides, a new species from the Straits of Florida. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 49(2): 54-61., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39694196
page(s): 57 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Gass, S. E.; Willison, M. J. H. (2005). An assessment of the distribution of deep-sea corals in Atlantic Canada by using both scientific and local forms of knowledge. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 223-245
page(s): 224, 236 [details]   

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Distribution in Nova Scotia waters; found only in the Northwest Atlantic from the Grand Banks, Scotian Shelf, George's Bank and off New England [details]
LanguageName 
English greater sea fan coral  [details]
French grand corail  [details]