WoRMS taxon detailsMuriceopsis flavida (Lamarck, 1815)
290417 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290417)
accepted
Species
Gorgonia flavida Lamarck, 1815 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Plexaura flavida (Lamarck, 1815) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine,
(of Gorgonia flavida Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.B. (1815). Suite des polypiers corticiferes. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle.</em> 2: 76-84, 157-164., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34019412
page(s): 158-159 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Muriceopsis flavida (Lamarck, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290417 on 2025-05-14
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Gorgonia flavida Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.B. (1815). Suite des polypiers corticiferes. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle.</em> 2: 76-84, 157-164., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34019412 page(s): 158-159 [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] Othercontext source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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): 499 [details] Available for editors  [request]additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065 page(s): 5, 162, 163-165, 325, 328, 329, 332, 333, 334, 338, Pl. IV [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Lasker, H. R. (1983). Vegetative reproduction in the octocoral Briareum asbestinum (Pallas). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 72, 157-169 page(s): 163 [details] additional source Lasker, H. R.; Coffroth, M. (1983). Octocoral distributions at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 13, 21-28 page(s): 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 [details] 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): 160, 162, 163, 165-167, 171, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178 [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, 502, 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): 514, 515, 518 [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype USNM 51550, geounit United States Virgin Islands [details]
Nontype USNM 97711, geounit Colombian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Plexaura flavida (Lamarck, 1815)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muriceopsis flavida) To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 36 proteins) (from synonym Gorgonia flavida Lamarck, 1815) To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 36 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To NMNH Extant Collection (Lewis Bayer) To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM Muriceopsis flavida) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (70 records) To ITIS |
