WoRMS name details
Eumuricea Verrill, 1869
1303204 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1303204)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
- Species Eumuricea acervata (Verrill, 1866) accepted as Muricea acervata Verrill, 1866 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Eumuricea atlantica Riess in Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Muricea atlantica (Riess in Kükenthal, 1919) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Eumuricea hispida (Verrill, 1866) accepted as Muricea hispida Verrill, 1866 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Eumuricea horrida (Möbius, 1861) accepted as Muricea horrida Möbius, 1861 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Eumuricea pusilla Nutting, 1909 accepted as Swiftia pusilla (Nutting, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Eumuricea ramosa Thomson & Simpson, 1909 accepted as Astrogorgia ramosa (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Eumuricea rigida Thomson, 1927 accepted as Thesea rigida (Thomson, 1927) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Eumuricea rugosa Thomson, 1927 accepted as Leptogorgia ruberrima (W. Koch, 1886) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Eumuricea splendens Thomson & Simpson, 1909 accepted as Astrogorgia splendens (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Eumuricea squarrosa (Verrill, 1869) accepted as Muricea squarrosa Verrill, 1869 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Eumuricea tubigera (Verrill, 1868) accepted as Muricea tubigera Verrill, 1869 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
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]
page(s): 449 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Eumuricea Verrill, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/rest/AphiaIDByName/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1303204 on 2025-05-09
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
page(s): 449 [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): 149-150 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 249 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 149-150 [details] Available for editors

additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 249 [details]