WoRMS taxon details
Plumarella robusta Cairns, 2011
574240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574240)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cairns, S.D. (2011). A Revision of the Primnoidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> (634), 1-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.634 [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Aleutian Islands
type locality contained in Aleutian Islands [details]
Etymology Named robusta (Latin for hard, strong, robust), for the robust polyps produced by its thick body wall scales.
Etymology Named robusta (Latin for hard, strong, robust), for the robust polyps produced by its thick body wall scales. [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Plumarella robusta Cairns, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574240 on 2025-05-01
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Cairns, S.D. (2011). A Revision of the Primnoidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> (634), 1-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.634 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Named robusta (Latin for hard, strong, robust), for the robust polyps produced by its thick body wall scales. [details]
