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Paramuricea
Sign in to saveParamuricea is a genus of gorgonian-type octocorals in the family Plexauridae.
Species
Violescent Sea-whip
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderMalacalcyonacea
- FamilyParamuriceidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 502
- With media
- 314
- Family
- Paramuriceidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Cuba, Canada, Japan
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Paramuricea is a genus of gorgonian-type octocorals in the family Plexauridae.
==Species== The World Register of Marine Species lists these species: Paramuricea aequatorialis Wright & Studer, 1889 Paramuricea biscaya Grasshoff, 1977 Paramuricea candida Grasshoff, 1977 Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826) Paramuricea echinata Deichmann, 1936 Paramuricea grandis Verrill, 1883 Paramuricea grayi (Johnson, 1861) Paramuricea hawaiensis Nutting, 1908 Paramuricea hirsuta (Gray, 1851) Paramuricea hyalina Kükenthal, 1919 Paramuricea indica Thomson & Henderson, 1906 Paramuricea intermedia Kölliker, 1865 Paramuricea johnsoni (Studer, 1878) Paramuricea laxa Wright & Studer, 1889 Paramuricea macrospina (Koch, 1882) Paramuricea multispina Deichmann, 1936 Paramuricea placomus (Linnaeus, 1758) Paramuricea ramosa Wright & Studer, 1889 Paramuricea robusta Thomson & Ritchie, 1906 Paramuricea spinosa Kölliker, 1865 Paramuricea tenuis Verrill, 1883
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paramuricea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.