Aphia name details
Plexaura flexuosa Lamouroux, 1821
367817 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367817)
unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Species
Plexaura flexosa Lamouroux, 1821 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lamouroux JVF. (1821). Exposition méthodique des genres de l'ordre des polypiers: avec leur description et celle des principales espèces, figurées dans 84 planches, les 63 premières appartenant à l'Histoire naturelle des zoophytes d'Ellis et Solander. <em>Paris 1821.</em> pp. 1-115, pls. 1-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50899961
page(s): 55 [details]
page(s): 55 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Plexaura flexuosa Lamouroux, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367817 on 2026-08-07
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Lamouroux JVF. (1821). Exposition méthodique des genres de l'ordre des polypiers: avec leur description et celle des principales espèces, figurées dans 84 planches, les 63 premières appartenant à l'Histoire naturelle des zoophytes d'Ellis et Solander. <em>Paris 1821.</em> pp. 1-115, pls. 1-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50899961
page(s): 55 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065
page(s): 4, 62, 96, 104-107, 114, 324, 328, 329, 331, 332, 333, 334, 337, 343, 356, Pl. IV, XVI, XVII [details] Available for editors
additional source Lasker, H. R.; Kim, K.; Coffroth, M. A. (1996). Reproductive and genetic variation among Caribbean gorgonians: the differentiation of Plexaura kuna, new species. <em>Bulletin of marine science.</em> 58(1), 277-288.
page(s): 278, 282 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1957). Additional records of Western Atlantic octocorals. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 47(11): 379-390., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39753773
page(s): 389 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1954). Anthozoa: Alcyonaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 89: 279-284.
page(s): 280, 282 [details] Available for editors
additional source Lasker, H. R.; Coffroth, M. (1983). Octocoral distributions at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 13, 21-28, available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps013021
page(s): 23, 25 [details]
additional source Sánchez, J. A. (2001). Systematics of the southwestern Caribbean Muriceopsis Aurivillius (Cnidaria: Octocorallia), with the description of a new species. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 10, 160-180
page(s): 167 [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, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-1592-y
page(s): 500, 503, 505, 506 [details]
page(s): 55 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [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 Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065
page(s): 4, 62, 96, 104-107, 114, 324, 328, 329, 331, 332, 333, 334, 337, 343, 356, Pl. IV, XVI, XVII [details] Available for editors
additional source Lasker, H. R.; Kim, K.; Coffroth, M. A. (1996). Reproductive and genetic variation among Caribbean gorgonians: the differentiation of Plexaura kuna, new species. <em>Bulletin of marine science.</em> 58(1), 277-288.
page(s): 278, 282 [details]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1957). Additional records of Western Atlantic octocorals. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 47(11): 379-390., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39753773
page(s): 389 [details] Available for editors
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1954). Anthozoa: Alcyonaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 89: 279-284.
page(s): 280, 282 [details] Available for editors
additional source Lasker, H. R.; Coffroth, M. (1983). Octocoral distributions at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 13, 21-28, available online at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps013021
page(s): 23, 25 [details]
additional source Sánchez, J. A. (2001). Systematics of the southwestern Caribbean Muriceopsis Aurivillius (Cnidaria: Octocorallia), with the description of a new species. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 10, 160-180
page(s): 167 [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, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-1592-y
page(s): 500, 503, 505, 506 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | tan bushy soft coral [from synonym]flexible sea rodbent sea rod | [details] |
| German | SeeruteBiegsame Seerute | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To GenBank (1623 nucleotides; 739 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 102084)
To ITIS
To GenBank (1623 nucleotides; 739 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 102084)
To ITIS
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