WoRMS taxon details
Eunicea flexuosa (Lamouroux, 1821)
834203 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:834203)
accepted
Species
Eunicea (Eunicea) flexuosa (Lamouroux, 1821) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Plexaura flexosa Lamouroux, 1821 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Plexaura flexuosa Lamouroux, 1821 · unaccepted (original combination)
Plexaura salicornoides Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Plexaura flexuosa Lamouroux, 1821) 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.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Eunicea flexuosa (Lamouroux, 1821). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=834203 on 2025-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Plexaura flexuosa Lamouroux, 1821) 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]
original description (of Plexaura salicornoides Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 153 [details]
new combination reference 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): 3 [details]
page(s): 55 [details]
original description (of Plexaura salicornoides Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 153 [details]
new combination reference 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): 3 [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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): 516, 517, 518 [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
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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): 516, 517, 518 [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
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | tan bushy soft coral [from synonym]flexible sea rod [from synonym]bent sea rod [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Seerute [from synonym]Biegsame Seerute [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Plexaura flexuosa Lamouroux, 1821)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eunicea flexuosa)
To GenBank (1623 nucleotides; 739 proteins)
To GenBank (1623 nucleotides; 739 proteins) (from synonym Plexaura flexuosa Lamouroux, 1821)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Plexaura flexuosa Lamouroux, 1821)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1191382 Plexaura flexuosa 2)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Plexaura flexuosa Lamouroux, 1821)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (401 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 102084) (from synonym Plexaura flexuosa Lamouroux, 1821)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications) (from synonym Plexaura flexuosa Lamouroux, 1821)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eunicea flexuosa)
To GenBank (1623 nucleotides; 739 proteins)
To GenBank (1623 nucleotides; 739 proteins) (from synonym Plexaura flexuosa Lamouroux, 1821)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Plexaura flexuosa Lamouroux, 1821)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1191382 Plexaura flexuosa 2)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Plexaura flexuosa Lamouroux, 1821)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (401 records)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 102084) (from synonym Plexaura flexuosa Lamouroux, 1821)
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