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Pseudoplexaura porosa (Houttuyn, 1772)

290881  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290881)

accepted
Species
Plexaura ramosa Moser, 1921 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (uncertain synonym)
Plexaurella vanderhorsti Stiasny, 1935 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Houttuyn, M. (1772). Natuurlyke historie of uitvoerige beschryving der dieren, planten en mineralen, volgens het samenstel van den heer Linnaeus met naauwkeurige afbeelingen. <em>F. Houttuyn, Amsterdam.</em> 1 (17) 1-6, 1-614.
page(s): 335-336 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Pseudoplexaura porosa (Houttuyn, 1772). Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290881 on 2025-09-11
Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Pseudoplexaura porosa (Houttuyn, 1772). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290881 on 2025-09-11
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
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2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
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original description (of Plexaura ramosa Moser, 1921) Moser, J. (1921). Ergebnisse einer Revision der Gattung <em>Plexaura</em> Lamouroux. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 53: 110-118., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29985274
page(s): 117 [details] 

original description (of Plexaurella vanderhorsti Stiasny, 1935) Stiasny, G. (1935). Diagnosen neuer und alter Arten der Gorgonarien-Familie Plexauridae. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 109(9/10): 236-245.
page(s): 238-239 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

original description (of ) Houttuyn, M. (1772). Natuurlyke historie of uitvoerige beschryving der dieren, planten en mineralen, volgens het samenstel van den heer Linnaeus met naauwkeurige afbeelingen. <em>F. Houttuyn, Amsterdam.</em> 1 (17) 1-6, 1-614.
page(s): 335-336 [details] 

context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321�331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico�Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

additional source 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
page(s): 5, 108, 109-111, 114, 161, 324, 328, 329, 331, 332, 333, 338, Pl. 1, XVIII [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Benayahu, Y. (1998). Lobe variation in Sinularia nanolobata Verseveldt, 1977 (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 63(1): 229-240.
page(s): 237 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Lasker, H. R. (1983). Vegetative reproduction in the octocoral Briareum asbestinum (Pallas). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 72, 157-169
page(s): 162 [details] 

additional source Lasker, H. R.; Coffroth, M. (1983). Octocoral distributions at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 13, 21-28
page(s): 23, 24, 25 [details] 

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 S�nchez, J. A.; Wirshing, H. H. (2005). A field key to the identification of tropical western Atlantic zooxanthellate octocorals (Octocorallia: Cnidaria). Caribbean Journal of Science, 41(3): 508-522
page(s): 514, 519 [details] 
 
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