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Muricea Lamouroux, 1821

177745  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:177745)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Plexauridae (Family)
  8. Muricea (Genus)
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Genus
Muricea spicifera Lamouroux, 1821 accepted as Muricea muricata (Pallas, 1766) (type by subsequent designation)
Eumuricea Verrill, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eunicensis Dubrowsky, 1934 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Muricea (Eumuricea) Verrill, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Muricea acervata Verrill, 1866
  2. Species Muricea albida Verrill, 1868
  3. Species Muricea ambarae Hernández, Gómez-Gutiérrez, Galván-Tirado & Sánchez, 2023
  4. Species Muricea aspera Verrill, 1869
  5. Species Muricea atlantica (Riess in Kükenthal, 1919)
  6. Species Muricea austera Verrill, 1869
  7. Species Muricea cacao Hernández, Gómez-Gutiérrez, Galván-Tirado & Sánchez, 2023
  8. Species Muricea californica Aurivillius, 1931
  9. Species Muricea crassa Verrill, 1869
  10. Species Muricea echinata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
  11. Species Muricea elongata Lamouroux, 1821
  12. Species Muricea flamma Marques & Castro, 1995
  13. Species Muricea formosa Verrill, 1869
  14. Species Muricea fruticosa Verrill, 1869
  15. Species Muricea galapagensis Deichmann, 1941
  16. Species Muricea hebes Verrill, 1864
  17. Species Muricea hispida Verrill, 1866
  18. Species Muricea laxa Verrill, 1864
  19. Species Muricea midas Bayer, 1959
  20. Species Muricea molinai Hernández, Gómez-Gutiérrez, Galván-Tirado & Sánchez, 2023
  21. Species Muricea mortensenii Hickson, 1928
  22. Species Muricea muricata (Pallas, 1766)
  23. Species Muricea nariformis Aurivillius, 1931
  24. Species Muricea pendula Verrill, 1864
  25. Species Muricea pinnata Bayer, 1961
  26. Species Muricea plantaginea (Valenciennes, 1846)
  27. Species Muricea purpurea Verrill, 1868
  28. Species Muricea retusa Verrill, 1869
  29. Species Muricea robusta Verrill, 1864
  30. Species Muricea squarrosa Verrill, 1869
  31. Species Muricea subtilis Breedy & Guzman, 2016
  32. Species Muricea tubigera Verrill, 1869
  33. Species Muricea waltonsmithi Bayer, 1994
  34. Subgenus Muricea (Eumuricea) Verrill, 1869 accepted as Muricea Lamouroux, 1821 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Muricea (Eumuricea) acervata Verrill, 1866 accepted as Muricea acervata Verrill, 1866 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Muricea (Eumuricea) hispida Verrill, 1866 accepted as Muricea hispida Verrill, 1866 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    3. Species Muricea (Eumuricea) horrida Möbius, 1861 accepted as Muricea horrida Möbius, 1861 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    4. Species Muricea (Eumuricea) squarrosa Verrill, 1869 accepted as Muricea squarrosa Verrill, 1869 (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
    5. Species Muricea (Eumuricea) tubigera Verrill, 1869 accepted as Muricea tubigera Verrill, 1869 (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  35. Subgenus Muricea (Muricella) Verrill, 1869 accepted as Muricella Verrill, 1869 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  36. Species Muricea appressa Verrill, 1864 accepted as Muricea plantaginea (Valenciennes, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  37. Species Muricea bebrycoides von Koch, 1887 accepted as Villogorgia bebrycoides (von Koch, 1887) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  38. Species Muricea chamaeleon von Koch, 1882 accepted as Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1827) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  39. Species Muricea divaricata Verrill, 1865 accepted as Anthogorgia divaricata (Verrill, 1865) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  40. Species Muricea echinata Valenciennes, 1855 accepted as Muricea echinata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, incorrect combination)
  41. Species Muricea echinata Verrill, 1866 accepted as Muricea echinata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (incorrect authority)
  42. Species Muricea elegans Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 accepted as Gorgonia elegans (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (original combination)
  43. Species Muricea elegans Agassiz, MS in Verrill, 1864 accepted as Muricea pendula Verrill, 1864 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  44. Species Muricea flexuosa (Verrill, 1865) accepted as Muricella flexuosa (Verrill, 1865) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  45. Species Muricea granulosa Verrill, 1870 accepted as Muriceopsis tuberculata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  46. Species Muricea koellikeri von Koch, 1882 accepted as Paramuricea chamaeleon var. koellikeri (von Koch, 1882) (synonym)
  47. Species Muricea macrospina von Koch, 1882 accepted as Paramuricea macrospina (von Koch, 1882) (original combination)
  48. Species Muricea myura (Lamarck, 1815) accepted as Myura simplex Gray, 1859 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  49. Species Muricea nitida Verrill, 1868 accepted as Muricella nitida (Verrill, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  50. Species Muricea paucituberculata Marion, 1906 accepted as Muriceides sceptrum (Studer, 1891) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  51. Species Muricea placomus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Paramuricea placomus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  52. Species Muricea purpurea Verrill, 1864 accepted as Muricea purpurea Verrill, 1868 (incorrect authority year)
  53. Species Muricea pusilla (Nutting, 1909) accepted as Swiftia pusilla (Nutting, 1909) (changed combination)
  54. Species Muricea ramosa (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) accepted as Astrogorgia ramosa (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) (changed combination)
  55. Species Muricea rubra Aurivillius, 1931 accepted as Muricea purpurea Verrill, 1868 (synonym)
  56. Species Muricea sinensis Verrill, 1865 accepted as Astrogorgia sinensis (Verrill, 1865) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  57. Species Muricea spicifera Lamouroux, 1821 accepted as Muricea muricata (Pallas, 1766) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, uncertain)
  58. Species Muricea splendens (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) accepted as Astrogorgia splendens (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) (changed combination)
  59. Species Muricea tenella Verrill, 1869 accepted as Muricea plantaginea (Valenciennes, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  60. Species Muricea umbraticoides Studer, 1878 accepted as Muricella umbraticoides (Studer, 1878) accepted as Astrogorgia umbraticoides (Studer, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  61. Species Muricea acropora Verrill, 1912 (uncertain)
  62. Species Muricea bicolor Wright & Studer, 1889 (uncertain)
  63. Species Muricea echinata von Koch, 1882 (uncertain)
  64. Species Muricea horrida Möbius, 1861 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  65. Species Muricea humilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) (uncertain)
  66. Species Muricea teretiuscula Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 (uncertain)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lamouroux JVF. (1821). Exposition méthodique des genres de l'ordre des polypiers: avec leur description et celle des principales espèces, figurées dans 84 planches, les 63 premières appartenant à l'Histoire naturelle des zoophytes d'Ellis et Solander. <em>Paris 1821.</em> pp. 1-115, pls. 1-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50899961
page(s): 36 [details] OpenAccess publication
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Muricea Lamouroux, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=177745 on 2025-07-16
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2005-07-26 12:01:18Z
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Espinel, Nadjejda
2006-09-25 06:54:45Z
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Martinez, Olga
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2021-08-29 20:05:26Z
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McFadden, Cathy
2023-03-13 08:15:42Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description Lamouroux JVF. (1821). Exposition méthodique des genres de l'ordre des polypiers: avec leur description et celle des principales espèces, figurées dans 84 planches, les 63 premières appartenant à l'Histoire naturelle des zoophytes d'Ellis et Solander. <em>Paris 1821.</em> pp. 1-115, pls. 1-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50899961
page(s): 36 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Eumuricea Verrill, 1869) Verrill, A.E. (1868-1870). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science.</em> 1: 377-558, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27729638
page(s): 449 [details] 

original description (of Eunicensis Dubrowsky, 1934) Dubrowsky, S. (1934). Studien über westindische Gorgonarien. <em>Notationes Biologicae.</em> 2(1): 1-15.
page(s): 10-11 [details] 

original description (of Muricea (Eumuricea) Verrill, 1869) Verrill, A.E. (1868-1870). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science.</em> 1: 377-558, pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27729638
page(s): 449 [details] 

basis of record Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296. [details] 

Other

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

context source (PeRMS) Cortés, J.; Enochs, I.C.; Sibaja-Cordero, J.; Hernández, L.; Alvarado, J.J.; Breedy, O.; Cruz-Barraza, J.A.; Esquivel-Garrote, O.; Fernández-García, C.; Hermosillo, A.; Kaiser, K.L.; Medina-Rosas, P.; Morales-Ramírez, Á.; Pacheco, C.; Pérez-Matus, A.; Reyes-Bonilla, H.; Riosmena-Rodríguez, R.; Sánchez-Noguera, C.; Wieters, E.A.; Zapata, F.A. (2016). Marine Biodiversity of Eastern Tropical Pacific Coral Reefs. Chap. 7, pp. 203-250 <i>in:</i> Coral Reefs of the Eastern Tropical Pacific. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7499-4_7 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Breedy, O.; Guzman, H. (2016). A revision of the genus Muricea Lamouroux, 1821 (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the eastern Pacific. Part II. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 581: 1-69., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.581.7910 [details] 

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 141-142 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source van Ofwegen, L.P.; Benayahu, Y. (2006). A new genus of paralcyoniid soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Paralcyoniidae) from the Indo-West Pacific. <em>Journal of the Japanese Coral Reef Society.</em> 8(1): 25-37., available online at https://doi.org/10.3755/jcrs.8.25
page(s): 4 [details] 

additional source Breedy, O.; Guzmán, H. M. (2003). Octocorals from Costa Rica: The genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). <em>Auckland: Magnolia Press.</em>
page(s): 4, 55 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Breedy, O.; Guzmán, H. M. (2003). A new species of Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from Panamá. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 128: 1-10.
page(s): 1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Breedy, O.; Guzman, H. M. (2015). A revision of the genus Muricea Lamouroux, 1821 (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) in the eastern Pacific. Part I: Eumuricea Verrill, 1869 revisited. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 537: 1-32., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=6025 [details] 

additional source Song, J. I. (1980). A systematic study on Octocorallia in Korea 5. Paramuriceidae (Holaxonia: Gorgonacea). Korean Journal of Zoology, 23(1): 25-40
page(s): 25 [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): 497, 499, 500, 501, 502, 503, 504, 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 [details] 

additional source Horvath, E. A. (2019). A review of gorgonian coral species (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) held in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History research collection: focus on species from Scleraxonia, Holaxonia, Calcaxonia – Part II: Species of Holaxonia, families Gorgoniidae and Plexauridae. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 860: 67-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.860.33597 [details] 

 
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