Echinomuricea horrida
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: van Ofwegen, Leen
creator: McFadden, Cathy
date: 2026-08-10
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: Echinomuricea horrida (Hickson, 1905)
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. Echinomuricea horrida (Hickson, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287532 on 2026-08-10
created: 2008-01-16T11:35:54Z
modified: 2021-06-07T01:07:38Z
replaces: 1473573
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Echinomuricea horrida (Hickson, 1905)
class: Octocorallia
family: Acanthogorgiidae
genus: Echinomuricea
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Hickson, S.J. (1905). The Alcyonaria of the Maldives. Part III. The families Muriceidae, Gorgonellidae, Melitodidae, and the genera Pennatula, Eunephthya. The fauna and geography of the Maldive and Laccadive archipelagoes. Being the account of the work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. Ed., J.S. Gardiner. 2(4): 807-826, plate 67.
name published in year: 1905
order: Malacalcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 177740
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Hickson, 1905)
specific epithet: horrida
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted