Paramuricea

Paramuricea

Paramuricea clavata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Subclass:	Octocorallia
Order:	Alcyonacea
Suborder:	Holaxonia
Family:	Plexauridae
Genus:	Paramuricea Koelliker, 1865 ^[1]
Species
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Paramuricea is a genus of gorgonian-type octocorals in the family Plexauridae.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species: ^[1]

Paramuricea aequatorialis Wright & Studer, 1889
Paramuricea atlantica (Johnson, 1862)
Paramuricea biscaya Grasshoff, 1977
Paramuricea candida Grasshoff, 1977
Paramuricea chamaeleon (Koch, 1887)
Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826)
Paramuricea contorta Koch, 1886
Paramuricea echinata Deichmann, 1936
Paramuricea graciosa Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974
Paramuricea grandis Verrill, 1883
Paramuricea grayi (Johnson, 1861)
Paramuricea hawaiensis Nutting, 1908
Paramuricea hirsuta (Gray, 1851)

Paramuricea indica Thomson & Henderson, 1906
Paramuricea intermedia Kölliker, 1865
Paramuricea johnsoni (Studer, 1878)
Paramuricea kukenthali Broch, 1913
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

References

1 2 van Ofwegen, Leen (2010). "Paramuricea Koelliker, 1865". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-12-14.

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