WoRMS name details

Muricea purpurea Verrill, 1864

1536232  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1536232)

 unaccepted (incorrect authority year)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Muricea purpurea Verrill, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1536232 on 2024-04-26
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2021-08-29 20:05:26Z
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2023-03-12 00:36:33Z
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context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

basis of record 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
page(s): 52; note: Breedy & Guzman suggest Verrill first used the name M. purpurea in 1864, but the reference cited does not appear to include that name; this appears to be an error propagated from Kükenthal, 1924 beca...  
Breedy & Guzman suggest Verrill first used the name M. purpurea in 1864, but the reference cited does not appear to include that name; this appears to be an error propagated from Kükenthal, 1924 because he incorrectly cites the same reference as the authority (p. 146)
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additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 146 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 248 [details]