WoRMS taxon details
Eunicea fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
283242 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:283242)
accepted
Species
Eunicea (Euniceopsis) fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Plexaura fusca (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332
page(s): 301 [details]
page(s): 301 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Eunicea fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=283242 on 2025-04-30
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Duchassaing P, Michelotti J. (1860). Mémoire sur les coralliaires des Antilles. <em>Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences de Turin, séries 2.</em> 19: 279-365, pls 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12140332
page(s): 301 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 301 [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors 
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context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Grajales V.A., Aguilar C., Sánchez J. (2007). Phylogenetic reconstruction using secondary structures of Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2, rDNA): finding the molecular and morphological gap in Caribbean gorgonian corals. <em>BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 90.</em>
page(s): 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 [details]
additional source García-Parrado, P.; Alcolado, P. M. (1996). Nueva especie de Eunicea Lamouroux, 1816 (Cnidaria, Gorgonacea) encontrada en Cuba. [A new species of Eunicea Lamouroux, 1816 (Cnidaria, Gorgonacea) found in Cuba]. <em>Avicennia.</em> 4/5: 46-50.
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 499, 500, 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): 517, 519 [details]
additional source Sarmiento, A.; Calixto-Botía, I.; Julio-Rodríguez, T.; Quattrini, A. M.; Sánchez, J. A. (2025). Uncovering the Evolutionary History in Lineage of Caribbean Octocorals: Phylogenomics Reveals Unrecognized Diversity in Eunicea. <em>Diversity.</em> 17(3): 173., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/3/173 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Grajales V.A., Aguilar C., Sánchez J. (2007). Phylogenetic reconstruction using secondary structures of Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2, rDNA): finding the molecular and morphological gap in Caribbean gorgonian corals. <em>BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 90.</em>
page(s): 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 [details]
additional source García-Parrado, P.; Alcolado, P. M. (1996). Nueva especie de Eunicea Lamouroux, 1816 (Cnidaria, Gorgonacea) encontrada en Cuba. [A new species of Eunicea Lamouroux, 1816 (Cnidaria, Gorgonacea) found in Cuba]. <em>Avicennia.</em> 4/5: 46-50.
page(s): 48 [details] Available for editors
[request]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): 499, 500, 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): 517, 519 [details]
additional source Sarmiento, A.; Calixto-Botía, I.; Julio-Rodríguez, T.; Quattrini, A. M.; Sánchez, J. A. (2025). Uncovering the Evolutionary History in Lineage of Caribbean Octocorals: Phylogenomics Reveals Unrecognized Diversity in Eunicea. <em>Diversity.</em> 17(3): 173., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/3/173 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | doughnut sea rod | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Plexaura fusca (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eunicea fusca)
To GenBank (493 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (106 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Plexaura fusca (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eunicea fusca)
To GenBank (493 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (106 records)
To ITIS
