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Paramuricea Koelliker, 1865 
AphiaID: 125311

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Holaxonia (Suborder) > Plexauridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Plexauridae Gray, 1859
Sources  basis of record: van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Williams, G.; Sánchez, J. (2009). Octocorallia (Cnidaria). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

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[show all]
 Species Paramuricea aequatorialis Wright & Studer, 1889
Species Paramuricea atlantica (Johnson, 1862)
Species Paramuricea biscaya Grasshoff, 1977
Species Paramuricea candida Grasshoff, 1977
Species Paramuricea chamaeleon (Koch, 1887)
Species Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826)
Species Paramuricea contorta Koch, 1886
Species Paramuricea echinata Deichmann, 1936
Species Paramuricea graciosa Tixier-Durivault & d´Hondt, 1974
Species Paramuricea grandis Verrill, 1883
Species Paramuricea grayi (Johnson, 1861)
Species Paramuricea hawaiensis Nutting, 1908
Species Paramuricea hirsuta (Gray, 1851)
Species Paramuricea hyalina Kükenthal, 1919
Species Paramuricea indica Thomson & Henderson, 1906
Species Paramuricea intermedia Kölliker, 1865
Species Paramuricea johnsoni (Studer, 1878)
Species Paramuricea kukenthali Broch, 1913
Species Paramuricea laxa Wright & Studer, 1889
Species Paramuricea macrospina (Koch, 1882)
Species Paramuricea multispina Deichmann, 1936
Species Paramuricea placomus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Paramuricea ramosa Wright & Studer, 1889
Species Paramuricea robusta Thomson & Ritchie, 1906
Species Paramuricea spinosa Kölliker, 1865
Species Paramuricea tenuis Verrill, 1883
Environment marine
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Paramuricea
Paramuricea
added on 2011-07-11 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Vonda Wareham ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125311
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Ofwegen, Leen
2006-09-26 06:56:50Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z  checked  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Paramuricea Koelliker, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125311 on 2013-05-21
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