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Acanthomuricea pulchra (J.S. Thomson, 1911) 
AphiaID: 213047

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Holaxonia (Suborder) > Plexauridae (Family) > Acanthomuricea (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Acanthomuricea Hentschel, 1903
Synonymised
taxa		  Psammogorgia pulchra (Thomson, 1911) (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 46:351-401. [details]

additional source: L.P. van Ofwegen, 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]

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

Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution South Africa (country) [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213047
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1998-11-17 13:54:23Z  created  Fondo, Esther
2004-01-09 17:30:58Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  changed  van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z  checked  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Acanthomuricea pulchra (J.S. Thomson, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213047 on 2013-06-20
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