WoRMS taxon details

Plexaura kuna Lasker, Kim & Coffroth, 1996

290799  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290799)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lasker, H. R.; Kim, K.; Coffroth, M. A. (1996). Reproductive and genetic variation among Caribbean gorgonians: the differentiation of Plexaura kuna, new species. <em>Bulletin of marine science.</em> 58(1), 277-288. [details]   
Holotype  USNM 94594, geounit Panamanian Exclusive...  
Holotype USNM 94594, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Plexaura kuna Lasker, Kim & Coffroth, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290799 on 2024-03-28
Date
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
created
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
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original description Lasker, H. R.; Kim, K.; Coffroth, M. A. (1996). Reproductive and genetic variation among Caribbean gorgonians: the differentiation of Plexaura kuna, new species. <em>Bulletin of marine science.</em> 58(1), 277-288. [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., 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]   

additional source Grajales V.A., Aguilar C., Sánchez J. (2007). Phylogenetic reconstruction using secondary structures of Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2, rDNA): finding the molecular and morphological gap in Caribbean gorgonian corals. <em>BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 90.</em>
page(s): 3, 5, 6, 8 [details]   

additional source Lasker, H. R.; Kim, K. (1996). Larval development and settlement behavior of the gorgonian coral Plexaura kuna (Lasker, Kim and Coffroth). <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 207(1-2): 161-175., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-0981(96)02625-1 [details]   

additional source Zeevi Ben-Yosef, D.; Benayahu, Y. (1999). The gorgonian coral Acabaria biserialis: life history of a successful colonizer of artificial substrata. Marine Biology, 135, 473-481
page(s): 473, 474 [details]   

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
page(s): 499, 500, 503, 505, 506 [details]   

additional source Sánchez, J. A.; Wirshing, H. H. (2005). A field key to the identification of tropical western Atlantic zooxanthellate octocorals (Octocorallia: Cnidaria). Caribbean Journal of Science, 41(3): 508-522
page(s): 513, 514, 519 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 94594, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 94595, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]