WoRMS name details

Plexaurella braziliana Verrill, 1912

1349716  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1349716)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Plexaurellidae (Family)
  8. Plexaurella (Genus)
  9. Plexaurella braziliana (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Plexaurella cylindrica Verrill, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A.E. (1912). The gorgonians of the Brazilian coast. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (2).</em> 15:373-404., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33245294
page(s): 385-386 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Plexaurella braziliana Verrill, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1349716 on 2025-05-04
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2019-06-06 13:29:20Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2019-06-07 13:24:57Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2023-03-05 22:29:19Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description Verrill, A.E. (1912). The gorgonians of the Brazilian coast. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (2).</em> 15:373-404., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33245294
page(s): 385-386 [details] 

basis of record Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Castro, C. B. (1989). A new species of Plexaurella Valenciennes, 1855 (Coelenterata, Octocorallia), from the Abrolhos Reefs, Bahia, Brazil. <em>Revista Brasileira de Biologia.</em> 49(2): 598-603. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 001597.CNA) (from synonym Plexaurella cylindrica Verrill, 1912)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 001598.CN) 
Unreviewed
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 001597.CNA)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 001597.CNA)
Hosted externally, from synonym
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 001598.CN)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 001598.CN)
Hosted externally

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