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WoRMS taxon details

Pseudoplexaura Wright & Studer, 1889

AphiaID

267779 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267779)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Gorgonia crassa Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Pseudoplexaura flagellosa (Houttuyn, 1772) (type by original designation)

Parent

Plexauridae Gray, 1859

Synonymised names

Plexauropsis Verrill, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Pseudoplexaura flagellosa (Houttuyn, 1772)
Species Pseudoplexaura porosa (Houttuyn, 1772)
Species Pseudoplexaura tenuis (Kunze, 1916)
Species Pseudoplexaura wagenaari (Stiasny, 1941)
Species Pseudoplexaura bipinnata accepted as Antillogorgia bipinnata (Verrill, 1864) (unaccepted > misapplication, typographical error for Pseudopterogorgia bipinnata)
Species Pseudoplexaura crassa (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Pseudoplexaura flagellosa (Houttuyn, 1772) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Pseudoplexaura crucis Bayer, 1961 accepted as Pseudoplexaura tenuis (Kunze, 1916) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Pseudoplexaura laevigata (Moser, 1921) accepted as Pseudoplexaura flagellosa (Houttuyn, 1772) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, uncertain synonym)
Species Pseudoplexaura ramosa (Moser, 1921) accepted as Pseudoplexaura porosa (Houttuyn, 1772) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, uncertain synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 141-142 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Pseudoplexaura Wright & Studer, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267779 on 2026-08-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-16 09:11:12Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

2021-04-17 19:54:21Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 141-142 [details]

original description (of Plexauropsis Verrill, 1907) Verrill, A. E. (1907). The Bermuda Islands - V. Characteristic life of the Bermuda coral reefs. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 12: 204-348, plates XXVIII-XL., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27741481
page(s): 309 [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]

Other

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, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-1592-y
page(s): 502, 504, 507 [details]