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Plexaurella Kölliker, 1865

267753  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267753)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Plexaurellidae (Family)
  8. Plexaurella (Genus)
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  1. Species Plexaurella dichotoma (Esper, 1788)
  2. Species Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill, 1912
  3. Species Plexaurella grisea Kunze, 1916
  4. Species Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
  5. Species Plexaurella obesa Verrill, 1912
  6. Species Plexaurella rastrera Cordeiro, McFadden, Sánchez & Pérez, 2021
  7. Species Plexaurella regia Castro, 1989
  8. Species Plexaurella teres Kunze, 1916
  9. Subgenus Plexaurella (Pseudeunicea) Verrill, 1912 accepted as Plexaurella Kölliker, 1865
    1. Species Plexaurella (Pseudeunicea) grandiflora Verrill, 1912 accepted as Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill, 1912 (original combination)
  10. Species Plexaurella affinis Bell, 1889 accepted as Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  11. Species Plexaurella anguiculoides Gray in Bell, 1889 accepted as Plexaurella grisea Kunze, 1916 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  12. Species Plexaurella braziliana Verrill, 1912 accepted as Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill, 1912 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  13. Species Plexaurella curvata Kunze, 1916 accepted as Plexaurella grisea Kunze, 1916 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  14. Species Plexaurella cylindrica Verrill, 1912 accepted as Plexaurella braziliana Verrill, 1912 accepted as Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill, 1912 (synonym)
  15. Species Plexaurella dubrovskyi Stiasny, 1935 accepted as Pseudoplexaura flagellosa (Houttuyn, 1772) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  16. Species Plexaurella friabilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) accepted as Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  17. Species Plexaurella fusifera Kunze, 1916 accepted as Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  18. Species Plexaurella heteropora (Lamarck, 1815) accepted as Plexaurella grisea Kunze, 1916 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  19. Species Plexaurella kunzei Kükenthal, 1924 accepted as Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  20. Species Plexaurella minuta Kunze, 1916 accepted as Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill, 1912 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  21. Species Plexaurella porosa Gordon, 1925 accepted as Pseudoplexaura flagellosa (Houttuyn, 1772) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  22. Species Plexaurella pumila Verrill, 1912 accepted as Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill, 1912 (synonymy)
  23. Species Plexaurella tenuis Kunze, 1916 accepted as Pseudoplexaura tenuis (Kunze, 1916) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  24. Species Plexaurella vanderhorsti Stiasny, 1935 accepted as Pseudoplexaura porosa (Houttuyn, 1772) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Plexaurella verrucosa Verrill, 1912 accepted as Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill, 1912 (synonymy)
  26. Species Plexaurella crassa (Ellis, 1786) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  27. Species Plexaurella furcata (Lamarck, 1816) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  28. Species Plexaurella philippinensis Wright & Studer, 1889 (uncertain)
  29. Species Plexaurella vermiculata (Lamarck, 1815) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
Kölliker, A., 1865. Icones histologicae oder Atlas der vergleichenden Gewebelehre. Zweiter Abtheilung. Der feinere Bau der höheren Thiere, 1. Die Bindesubstanz der Coelenteraten : 87-191., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12296479
page(s): 138 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Plexaurella Kölliker, 1865. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267753 on 2025-06-13
Date
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2008-01-14 11:18:07Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-16 09:11:12Z
changed
van Ofwegen, Leen
2019-06-06 13:29:20Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert
2021-11-05 09:03:17Z
changed
Cordeiro, Ralf
2023-03-05 22:29:19Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description Kölliker, A., 1865. Icones histologicae oder Atlas der vergleichenden Gewebelehre. Zweiter Abtheilung. Der feinere Bau der höheren Thiere, 1. Die Bindesubstanz der Coelenteraten : 87-191., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12296479
page(s): 138 [details] 

original description (of Plexaurella (Pseudeunicea) Verrill, 1912) Verrill, A.E. (1912). The gorgonians of the Brazilian coast. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (2).</em> 15:373-404., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33245294
page(s): 383 [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] 

Other

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

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 101 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [request]

additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 6, 91, 94-95 [details] 

additional source Cordeiro, R. T. S.; McFadden, C. S.; Sánchez, J. A.; Pérez, C. D. (2021). Revision of the genus Plexaurella Kölliker, 1865 (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) and resurrection of Plexaurellidae Verrill, 1912 new rank. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 35(8) 892-921., available online at https://www.publish.csiro.au/IS/IS21003 [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, 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): 498, 502, 503, 504, 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, 519 [details] 

 
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