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Muricella Verrill, 1869

267602  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267602)

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Muricea (Muricella) Verrill, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Versluysia Nutting, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Muricella abnormalis Nutting, 1912
  2. Species Muricella argentea (Nutting, 1910)
  3. Species Muricella aruensis Kükenthal, 1919
  4. Species Muricella brunnea Kükenthal, 1924
  5. Species Muricella crassa Wright & Studer, 1889
  6. Species Muricella decipiens Kükenthal, 1924
  7. Species Muricella dentata (Nutting, 1910)
  8. Species Muricella englemani Bayer, 1949
  9. Species Muricella exilis Tixier-Durivault, 1972
  10. Species Muricella flexilis Hiles, 1899
  11. Species Muricella flexuosa (Verrill, 1865)
  12. Species Muricella gracilis Wright & Studer, 1889
  13. Species Muricella magna Utinomi, 1961
  14. Species Muricella megaspina Hargitt in Hargitt & Rogers, 1901
  15. Species Muricella nitida (Verrill, 1868)
  16. Species Muricella operculata (Nutting, 1910)
  17. Species Muricella paraplectana Grasshoff, 1999
  18. Species Muricella perramosa Ridley, 1882
  19. Species Muricella plectana Grasshoff, 1999
  20. Species Muricella ramosa Thomson & Henderson, 1905
  21. Species Muricella reticulata (Nutting, 1910)
  22. Species Muricella rosea (Nutting, 1910)
  23. Species Muricella sayad Grasshoff, 2000
  24. Species Muricella stellata Nutting, 1910
  25. Species Muricella tenera Ridley, 1884
  26. Species Muricella vasseuri Tixier-Durivault, 1972
  27. Species Muricella arborea Thomson & Simpson, 1909 accepted as Astrogorgia arborea (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  28. Species Muricella bengalensis Thomson & Henderson, 1905 accepted as Astrogorgia bengalensis (Thomson & Henderson, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  29. Species Muricella ceylonensis Thomson & Henderson, 1905 accepted as Muricella ramosa Thomson & Henderson, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Species Muricella complanata Wright & Studer, 1889 accepted as Astrogorgia complanata (Wright & Studer, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  31. Species Muricella dubia Nutting, 1910 accepted as Astrogorgia dubia (Nutting, 1910) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  32. Species Muricella erythraea Kükenthal, 1913 accepted as Keroeides erythraea (Kükenthal, 1913) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  33. Species Muricella grandis Nutting, 1910 accepted as Keroeides gracilis Whitelegge, 1897 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  34. Species Muricella purpurea Whitelegge, 1897 accepted as Acanthomuricea purpurea (Whitelegge, 1897) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  35. Species Muricella reticulata Nutting, 1912 accepted as Muricella brunnea Kükenthal, 1924 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Muricella reticulata (Nutting, 1910))
  36. Species Muricella robusta Thomson & Simpson, 1909 accepted as Astrogorgia robusta (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  37. Species Muricella rubra Thomson, 1905 accepted as Astrogorgia rubra (Thomson, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  38. Species Muricella sinensis (Verrill, 1865) accepted as Astrogorgia sinensis (Verrill, 1865) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  39. Species Muricella tuberculata (Esper, 1791) accepted as Muriceopsis tuberculata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  40. Species Muricella umbraticoides (Studer, 1878) accepted as Astrogorgia umbraticoides (Studer, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
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(of Muricea (Muricella) Verrill, 1869) 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): 450 [details]   
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Muricella Verrill, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267602 on 2024-04-16
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2008-01-14 11:18:07Z
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2010-09-15 12:49:54Z
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2021-06-13 00:41:02Z
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2022-11-05 03:49:40Z
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2023-03-12 00:36:33Z
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original description  (of Versluysia Nutting, 1910) Nutting, C. C. (1910). The Gorgonacea of the Siboga Expedition. III. The Muriceidae. <em>Siboga-Exped. Monogr.</em> 13b: 1-108, pls.1-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12044221
page(s): 35-36 [details]   

original description  (of Muricea (Muricella) Verrill, 1869) 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): 450 [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): 169-171 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Bayer, F. M. (1996). A new species of the Gorgonacean Genus Acanthogorgia (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from Aldabra Atoll. <em>Precious Corals & Octocoral Research.</em> 4-5: 1-16.
page(s): 2, 6 [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): 95 [details]   

additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 59, 186, 188-189, 204, 210 [details]   

additional source Smith, P. J.; McVeagh, S. M.; Mingoia, J. T.; France, S. C. (2004). Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation in deep-sea bamboo coral (Keratoisidinae) species in the southwest and northwest Pacific Ocean. Marine Biology, 144, 253-261
page(s): 254, 255, 256, 257, 259 [details]   

additional source Reinicke, G. B.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. Linnean Society Occasional Publications, 2, 67-85, plates 1-10
page(s): 85 [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, and Calcaxonia – Part I: Introduction, species of Scleraxonia and Holaxonia (Family Acanthogorgiidae). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 860: 1-66., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.19961 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

status source McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 54 [details]   
 
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