WoRMS taxon details
Paraplexaura Kükenthal, 1909
267697 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267697)
accepted
Genus
- Species Paraplexaura asper (Moroff, 1902)
- Species Paraplexaura cryptotheca (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Paraplexaura debora Grasshoff, 2000
- Species Paraplexaura pulchra (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Paraplexaura reticuloides (Nutting, 1910)
- Species Paraplexaura armata Kükenthal, 1909 accepted as Echinogorgia armata (Kükenthal, 1909) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Paraplexaura binyuani You, Xia & Liu, 2026 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Paraplexaura longispinosa (Fernando, 2011) (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Paraplexaura mannarensis Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Paraplexaura maxima Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Paraplexaura multiplanar Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Paraplexaura platysclera Fernando, 2011 (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Paraplexaura seshaiyaii (Fernando, 2011) (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Species Paraplexaura spinosa (Kükenthal, 1908) accepted as Menella spinosa (Kükenthal, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Paraplexaura studeri (Kükenthal, 1908) accepted as Echinogorgia studeri (Kükenthal, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Paraplexaura verrucosa (Brundin, 1896) accepted as Echinogorgia verrucosa (Brundin, 1896) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Kükenthal, W. (1909). Japanischen Gorgoniden. II. Teil: Die Familien der Plexauriden, Chrysogorgiiden und Melitodinen. <em>Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte Ostasiens. Herausgeben von Dr. F. Doflein. Abhandlungen der math.-phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> Suppl. Bd 1(5): 1-78, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Abhandlungen-Akademie-Bayern_Supp-I-1906_0001-0078.pdf
page(s): 26-27 [details]
page(s): 26-27 [details]
Taxonomic remark Species boundaries within Paraplexaura and closely related genera in Acanthogorgiidae remain incompletely resolved, and...
Taxonomic remark Species boundaries within Paraplexaura and closely related genera in Acanthogorgiidae remain incompletely resolved, and reliance on morphology alone may lead to uncertain identifications. Comprehensive revision, including study of type material, is required to stabilize taxonomy in this group, and ongoing research is expected to clarify species limits. [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Paraplexaura Kükenthal, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267697 on 2026-06-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Kükenthal, W. (1909). Japanischen Gorgoniden. II. Teil: Die Familien der Plexauriden, Chrysogorgiiden und Melitodinen. <em>Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte Ostasiens. Herausgeben von Dr. F. Doflein. Abhandlungen der math.-phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> Suppl. Bd 1(5): 1-78, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Abhandlungen-Akademie-Bayern_Supp-I-1906_0001-0078.pdf
page(s): 26-27 [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]
page(s): 26-27 [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]
Taxonomy
status source
McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 60-62 [details]
page(s): 60-62 [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): 130 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bayer, F.M. (1959). A review of the gorgonacean genus Placogorgia Studer, with a description of Placogorgia tribuloides, a new species from the Straits of Florida. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 49(2): 54-61., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39694196
page(s): 57 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Grasshoff, M.; Bargibant, G. (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Èditions. Paris., pp. 335., available online at https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers07-09/010025716.pdf
page(s): 186, 187, 320, 321 [details]
additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 60, 204, 206, 208-209 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 130 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F.M. (1959). A review of the gorgonacean genus Placogorgia Studer, with a description of Placogorgia tribuloides, a new species from the Straits of Florida. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 49(2): 54-61., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39694196
page(s): 57 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Grasshoff, M.; Bargibant, G. (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Èditions. Paris., pp. 335., available online at https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers07-09/010025716.pdf
page(s): 186, 187, 320, 321 [details]
additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 60, 204, 206, 208-209 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Species boundaries within Paraplexaura and closely related genera in Acanthogorgiidae remain incompletely resolved, and reliance on morphology alone may lead to uncertain identifications. Comprehensive revision, including study of type material, is required to stabilize taxonomy in this group, and ongoing research is expected to clarify species limits. [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | アスナロヤギ属 | [details] |
