WoRMS name details
original description
Kunze, G. (1916). Die Gorgonarien Westindiens. Kap. 5. Die Gattung Plexaurella. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher Supplement.</em> 11(4): 553-586, plates 27-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14178910 page(s): 563-565 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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
Sánchez, 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): 513, 518, 520 [details]
additional source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [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
Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp. page(s): 102 [details] Available for editors [request]
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, 169, 178-179, 325, 329, 330, 332 [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy
Alcolado, P. M. (1985). Sinonimia de Plexaurella fusifera Künze, 1916, con P. dichotoma (Esper, 1791) (Coelenterata: Gorgonacea). <em>Poeyana.</em> 294: 1-3. [details] Available for editors [request]
status source
Cordeiro, R. T. S.; McFadden, C. S.; Sánchez, J. A.; Pérez, C. D. (2021). Revision of the genus Plexaurella Kölliker, 1865 (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) and resurrection of Plexaurellidae Verrill, 1912 new rank. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 35(8) 892-921., available online at https://www.publish.csiro.au/IS/IS21003 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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