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Muriceides Wright & Studer, 1889

125310  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125310)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Acanthogorgiidae (Family)
  8. Muriceides (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Clematissa Wright & Studer, 1889 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachymuricea Deichmann, 1936 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Muriceides aequatorialis (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  2. Species Muriceides collaris Nutting, 1910
  3. Species Muriceides cylindrica Nutting, 1912
  4. Species Muriceides dubia Nutting, 1910
  5. Species Muriceides echinata Thomson, 1927
  6. Species Muriceides fragilis Wright & Studer, 1889
  7. Species Muriceides hirta (Pourtalès, 1868)
  8. Species Muriceides javensis Nutting, 1910
  9. Species Muriceides kuekenthali (Broch, 1912)
  10. Species Muriceides lepida Carpine & Grasshoff, 1975
  11. Species Muriceides nigra Nutting, 1912
  12. Species Muriceides obtusa (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  13. Species Muriceides robusta (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  14. Species Muriceides sceptrum (Studer, 1891)
  15. Species Muriceides tenuis (Nutting, 1908)
  16. Species Muriceides verrilli (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  17. Species Muriceides alba (Nutting, 1908) accepted as Victorgorgia alba (Nutting, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  18. Species Muriceides chamaeleon (von Koch, 1882) accepted as Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1827) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  19. Species Muriceides chuni Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Muriceopsis tuberculata (Esper, 1792) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  20. Species Muriceides foresti (Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974) accepted as Muriceides sceptrum (Studer, 1891) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  21. Species Muriceides furcata Studer, 1890 accepted as Muriceides sceptrum (Studer, 1891) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  22. Species Muriceides fusca J.S. Thomson, 1911 accepted as Astromuricea fusca (J.S. Thomson, 1911) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  23. Species Muriceides hirtus (Pourtalès, 1868) accepted as Muriceides hirta (Pourtalès, 1868) (synonym)
  24. Species Muriceides laxa (Wright & Studer, 1889) accepted as Paramuricea laxa Wright & Studer, 1889 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  25. Species Muriceides paucituberculata (Marion, 1906) accepted as Muriceides sceptrum (Studer, 1891) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  26. Species Muriceides ramosa (Wright & Studer, 1889) accepted as Paramuricea ramosa Wright & Studer, 1889 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  27. Species Muriceides tenuis Thomson, 1927 (uncertain)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 105 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Muriceides Wright & Studer, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125310 on 2025-05-05
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2006-09-25 06:54:45Z
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Martinez, Olga
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2021-04-17 19:54:21Z
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McFadden, Cathy
2022-11-06 01:15:04Z
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McFadden, Cathy
2024-06-14 04:10:54Z
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McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 105 [details] 

original description (of Clematissa Wright & Studer, 1889) Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 106-107 [details] 

original description (of Trachymuricea Deichmann, 1936) Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 132 [details] 

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

status source McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 60-62 [details] 

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 162 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Williams, G. C. (2005). New Taxa of Octocorals (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the Northeastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Proceedings-California Academy of Sciences.</em> 56(1/17), 53-65.
page(s): 64 [details] 

additional source Bayer, F. M. (1995). Two new species of the alcyonacean genus Protodendron (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) from the Indian Ocean off Natal. <em>Bulletin of marine science.</em> 57(2): 301-312.
page(s): 307 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Wirshing, H. H.; Messing, C. G.; Douady, C. J.; Reed, J. K.; Stanhope, M. J. (2005). Molecular evidence for multiple lineages in the gorgonian family Plexauridae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Marine Biology, 147, 497-508
page(s): 500, 503, 505, 506 [details] 

additional source Bayer, F. M. (1994). A new species of the gorgonacean genus Muricea (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Caribbean Sea. <em>Precious Corals and Octocoral Research.</em> 3, 23-27, plates 3-7.
page(s): 24 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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Muriciedes cf. hirta, 72 m Alabama Alps Reef, Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of NOAA-USGS-Deep Sea Systems International. Identifications by P. Etnoyer et al. For more information see supplementary material in: Etnoyer PJ, Wickes LN, Silva M, Dubick JD, Balthis L, Salgado E, MacDonald IR (2016). Decline in condition of gorgonian octocorals on mesophotic reefs in the northern Gulf of Mexico: before and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Coral Reefs 35: 77-90.
Muriceides cf. hirta, 440 m Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of Lophelia II Reefs, Rigs, and Wrecks, BOEM-NOAA-OER. Identification by P. Etnoyer and M. Rittinghouse. For more information see: Brooks JM, Fisher C, Roberts H, Cordes E, Baums I, Bernard B, Church R, Etnoyer P, German C, Goehring E,  McDonald I, Roberts H, Shank T, Warren D, Welsh S, Wolff G, Weaver D (2015). Exploration and research of northern Gulf of Mexico deepwater natural and artificial hard-bottom habitats with emphasis on coral communities: Reefs, rigs, and wrecks—“Lophelia II” Appendices. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study BOEM 2016-022. 711 p.
Muriceides sp., 538 m Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of Lophelia II Reefs, Rigs, and Wrecks, BOEM-NOAA-OER. Identification by A. Quattrini. For more information see: Brooks JM, Fisher C, Roberts H, Cordes E, Baums I, Bernard B, Church R, Etnoyer P, German C, Goehring E,  McDonald I, Roberts H, Shank T, Warren D, Welsh S, Wolff G, Weaver D (2015). Exploration and research of northern Gulf of Mexico deepwater natural and artificial hard-bottom habitats with emphasis on coral communities: Reefs, rigs, and wrecks—“Lophelia II” Appendices. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, New Orleans, LA. OCS Study BOEM 2016-022. 711 p.
Muriceides sp., 420 m West Florida Escarpment, Gulf of Mexico. Photograph courtesy of NOAA-Pelagic Research Services. Identification by P. Etnoyer and D. Wagner.

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