WoRMS taxon detailsMuriceopsis sulphurea (Donovan, 1825)
290419 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290419)
accepted
Species
Eunicea humilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gorgonia citrina Lamarck, 1815 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original combination)
Gorgonia sulphurea Donovan, 1825 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Muriceopsis humilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Plexaura citrina (Lamarck, 1815) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine,
(of Gorgonia sulphurea Donovan, 1825) Donovan, E. (1823-1827). The Naturalist's repository, or monthly miscellany of exotic natural history, etc. <em>[Book series].</em> In 5 volumes: 1 (1823) - 5 (1827)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/69310#/summary
page(s): vol. 4, plate CXXVI [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Muriceopsis sulphurea (Donovan, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290419 on 2025-05-13
Date action by
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Eunicea humilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211 page(s): 149-150 [details]  original description (of Gorgonia sulphurea Donovan, 1825) Donovan, E. (1823-1827). The Naturalist's repository, or monthly miscellany of exotic natural history, etc. <em>[Book series].</em> In 5 volumes: 1 (1823) - 5 (1827)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/69310#/summary page(s): vol. 4, plate CXXVI [details] original description (of Gorgonia citrina 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): 84 [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] 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, 500 [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, 162-164, 325, 334, 338, Pl. II [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Bayer, F. M. (1959). Octocorals from Surinam and adjacent coasts of South America. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas.</em> 3 (1):1-43., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/881 page(s): 12 [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): 160, 162, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178 [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype USNM 51416 [details]
Nontype USNM 51931, geounit Puerto Rican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 5282, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 73406, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Eunicea humilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muriceopsis sulphurea) To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Gorgonia sulphurea Donovan, 1825) To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To NMNH Extant Collection (Laborel Calypso) To NMNH Extant Collection (Laborel Calypso) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (51 records) To ITIS |
