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Spinimuricea atlantica (Johnson, 1862) 
AphiaID: 125397

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Holaxonia (Suborder) > Plexauridae (Family) > Spinimuricea (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Spinimuricea Grasshoff, 1992
Synonymised
taxa
  Echinomuricea atlantica (Johnson, 1862) (synonym)
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: Watling, L., P. Auster (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium, Erlangen, Germany, September 2003. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp 279-296. [details]

source of synonymy (from synonym): UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Cairns, S.D., and F.M. Bayer, 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] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125397
Taxonomic
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Spinimuricea atlantica (Johnson, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125397 on 2013-06-20
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