WoRMS taxon details
original description
Gray, J.E. (1859). On the arrangement of zoophytes with pinnated tentacles. <em>Annals and Magazine of natural History.</em> (3) 4: 439-444., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18638354 page(s): 443 [details]
basis of record
van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Kükenthal, W.; Gorzawsky, H. (1908). Diagnosen neuer japanischer Gorgoniden (Reise Doflein 1904-05). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 32: 621-631., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9895327 page(s): 626 [details]
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): 60-62 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Status McFadden et al. 2022 reinstated family Paramuriceidae for genera formally belonging to Plexauridae and Acanthogorgiidae. Family Acanthogorgiidae has precedence over Paramuriceidae, however, and should therefore be the correct name of this family. [details]
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