Astromuricea fusca
creator: Fondo, Esther
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: van Ofwegen, Leen
creator: McFadden, Cathy
date: 2026-08-03
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: Astromuricea fusca (J.S. Thomson, 1911)
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. Astromuricea fusca (J.S. Thomson, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213050 on 2026-08-03
created: 1998-11-17T14:54:23Z
modified: 2025-05-18T04:46:44Z
replaces: 292010
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Astromuricea fusca (J.S. Thomson, 1911)
class: Octocorallia
family: Acanthogorgiidae
genus: Astromuricea
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Thomson, J.S. (1911). The Alcyonaria of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal. Gorgonacea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1911 (3-4): 870-893, plates 43-45.
name published in year: 1911
order: Malacalcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 204265
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (J.S. Thomson, 1911)
specific epithet: fusca
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: uncertain