WoRMS taxon details
Muriceopsis Aurivillius, 1931
267604 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267604)
accepted
Genus
Phaeocella Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Muriceopsis bayeriana Sánchez, 2007
- Species Muriceopsis flavida (Lamarck, 1815)
- Species Muriceopsis metaclados Castro, Medeiros & Loiola, 2010
- Species Muriceopsis petila Bayer, 1961
- Species Muriceopsis sulphurea (Donovan, 1825)
- Species Muriceopsis tuberculata (Esper, 1792)
- Species Muriceopsis bayeri Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974 accepted as Muriceides sceptrum (Studer, 1891) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Muriceopsis humilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) accepted as Muriceopsis sulphurea (Donovan, 1825) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Aurivillius, M. (1931). The Gorgonarians from Dr. Sixten Bock's Expedition to Japan and Bonin Islands 1914. <em>Kungliga Svenska VetenskapsAkademiens Handlingar, Tredje Serien, Band 9.</em> Almqvist & Wiksell: Stockholm. pp. 1-337, plates 1-6.
page(s): 114-115 [details]
page(s): 114-115 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Muriceopsis Aurivillius, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267604 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Aurivillius, M. (1931). The Gorgonarians from Dr. Sixten Bock's Expedition to Japan and Bonin Islands 1914. <em>Kungliga Svenska VetenskapsAkademiens Handlingar, Tredje Serien, Band 9.</em> Almqvist & Wiksell: Stockholm. pp. 1-337, plates 1-6.
page(s): 114-115 [details]
original description (of Phaeocella Gray, 1870) Gray, J.E. (1870). Notes on some new genera and species of alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> (4) 5: 405-408., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16355608
page(s): 406 [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]
page(s): 114-115 [details]
original description (of Phaeocella Gray, 1870) Gray, J.E. (1870). Notes on some new genera and species of alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> (4) 5: 405-408., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16355608
page(s): 406 [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]
Taxonomy
status source
McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 64-66 [details]
page(s): 64-66 [details]
Other
additional source
Sánchez, J. A. (2007). A new genus of Atlantic octocorals (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae): systematics of gorgoniids with asymmetric sclerites. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 41(9-12): 493-509., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930701237315
page(s): 494 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sánchez, J. A. (2001). Systematics of the southwestern Caribbean Muriceopsis Aurivillius (Cnidaria: Octocorallia), with the description of a new species. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 10, 160-180
page(s): 172, 175, 176, 177, 178 [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): 498, 500, 503, 504, 507 [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): 510, 513 [details]
page(s): 494 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sánchez, J. A. (2001). Systematics of the southwestern Caribbean Muriceopsis Aurivillius (Cnidaria: Octocorallia), with the description of a new species. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 10, 160-180
page(s): 172, 175, 176, 177, 178 [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): 498, 500, 503, 504, 507 [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): 510, 513 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
