Plexipomisis elegans
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: van Ofwegen, Leen
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: Plexipomisis elegans (Thomson & Mackinnon, 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. Plexipomisis elegans (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290827 on 2026-08-10
created: 2008-01-16T11:35:54Z
modified: 2010-09-17T08:17:46Z
replaces: 291932
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Plexipomisis elegans (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911)
class: Octocorallia
family: Mopseidae
genus: Plexipomisis
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Thomson, J.A.; Mackinnon, D.L. (1911). Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. “Thetis,” off the coast of New South Wales, in February and March, 1898, the Alcyonarians of the “Thetis” Expedition. Australian Museum Memoir. 4(13): 661-695, plates 61-82.
name published in year: 1911
order: Scleralcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 267754
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911)
specific epithet: elegans
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted