Pseudoplexaura tenuis
creator: Cordeiro, Ralf
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Pseudoplexaura tenuis (Kunze, 1916)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Pseudoplexaura tenuis (Kunze, 1916). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1548316 on 2026-08-30
created: 2021-11-08T20:39:22Z
modified: 2021-11-08T20:39:22Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Pseudoplexaura tenuis (Kunze, 1916)
class: Octocorallia
family: Plexauridae
genus: Pseudoplexaura
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands. 12:1-373, pls. 1-23.
name published in: Kunze, G. (1916). Die Gorgonarien Westindiens. Kap. 5. Die Gattung Plexaurella. Zoologische Jahrbücher Supplement. 11(4): 553-586, plates 27-28.
name published in year: 1961
name published in year: 1916
order: Malacalcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 267779
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Kunze, 1916)
specific epithet: tenuis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted