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Plexaurella Kölliker 1865

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Plexaurella Kölliker 1865
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Plexaurella
Genus recognized by wikipedia NL, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Brazil Species List, Jamaica Species List, The Bahamas Species List, Mexico Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, North Atlantic Species List, NCBI, United States Species List, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia ES, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), and GGBN data coverage
Plexaurella
Recognized by OBIS environmental data records
Plexaurella Kölliker 1865
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Plexaurella Valenciennes 1855
Genus recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Alternative Names

Plexaurella subgen. Pseudeunicea Verrill 1912
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Eunicea heteropora (Lamarck 1816)
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Eunicea Lamouroux, 1816)
? heteropora Lamarck, 1816
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Plexauridae)
Plexaurella
Harvest ancestor according to Anguilla Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, World Register of Marine Species, TreatmentBank, and Global Biotic Interactions
Plexaurella subgen. Pseudeunicea Verrill 1912
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Common Names

There are no common names associated with this taxon.

Curated hierarchies for Plexaurella Kölliker 1865

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Octocorallia Haeckel 1866
Alcyonacea Lamouroux 1812
Holaxonia Studer 1887
Plexauridae Gray 1859
Plexaurella Kölliker 1865 (this page)
Plexaurella crassa (Ellis 1756)
Plexaurella curvata Kunze 1916
Plexaurella dichotoma (Esper 1791)
Plexaurella furcata (Lamarck 1816)
Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill 1912
Plexaurella grisea Kunze 1916
Plexaurella heteropora (Lamarck 1816)
Plexaurella kunzei Kükenthal 1924
Plexaurella minuta Kunze 1916
Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860)
Plexaurella regia Castro 1989
Plexaurella tenuis Kunze 1916
Plexaurella teres Kunze 1916
Plexaurella vermiculata (Lamarck 1816)
Acanthacis Deichmann 1936
Acanthomuricea Hentschel 1903
Acis Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Alaskagorgia Sánchez & Cairns 2004
Anthomuricea Studer 1887
Anthoplexaura Kükenthal 1908
Astrogorgia Verrill 1868
Astromuricea Germanos 1895
Bayergorgia Williams & Lopez-Gonzalez 2005
Bebryce Philippi 1841
Caliacis Deichmann 1936
Chromoplexaura Williams 2013
Cryogorgia Williams 2005
Dentomuricea Grasshoff 1977
Discogorgia Kükenthal 1919
Echinogorgia Kölliker 1865
Echinomuricea Verrill 1869
Elasmogorgia Wright & Studer 1889
Eunicea Lamouroux 1816
Euplexaura Verrill 1869
Heterogorgia Verrill 1868
Hypnogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Lapidogorgia Grasshoff 1999
Lepidomuricea Kükenthal 1919
Lytreia Bayer 1981
Menacella Gray 1870
Menella Gray 1870
Mesogligorgia Lopez-Gonzalez 2007
Muricea Lamouroux 1821
Muriceides Wright & Studer 1889
Muriceopsis Aurivillius 1931
Paracis Kükenthal 1919
Paramuricea Kölliker 1865
Paraplexaura Kükenthal 1909
Placogorgia Wright & Studer 1889
Plexaura Lamouroux 1812
Plexauroides Wright & Studer
Plexauropsis Verrill 1907
Psammogorgia Verrill 1868
Pseudoplexaura Wright & Studer 1889
Pseudothesea Kükenthal 1919
Scleracis Kükenthal 1919
Spinimuricea Grasshoff 1992
Swiftia Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Thesea Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Trimuricea Gordon 1926
Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti 1862

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Octocorallia
Malacalcyonacea McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini 2022
Plexaurellidae Verrill 1912
Plexaurella Kölliker 1865 (this page)
Plexaurella dichotoma (Esper 1788)
Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill 1912
Plexaurella grisea Kunze 1916
Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860)
Plexaurella obesa Verrill 1912
Plexaurella rastrera Cordeiro, McFadden, Sánchez & Pérez 2021
Plexaurella regia Castro 1989
Plexaurella teres Kunze 1916

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Plexaurella Kölliker 1865 (this page)
Plexaurella crassa (Ellis 1756)
Plexaurella curvata Kunze 1916
Plexaurella dichotoma (Esper 1791)
Plexaurella furcata (Lamarck 1816)
Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill 1912
Plexaurella grisea Kunze 1916
Plexaurella heteropora (Lamarck 1816)
Plexaurella kunzei Kükenthal 1924
Plexaurella minuta Kunze 1916
Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860)
Plexaurella regia Castro 1989
Plexaurella tenuis Kunze 1916
Plexaurella teres Kunze 1916
Plexaurella vermiculata (Lamarck 1816)
Acanthacis Deichmann 1936
Acanthomuricea Hentschel 1903
Acis Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Alaskagorgia Sánchez & Cairns 2004
Anthomuricea Studer 1887
Anthoplexaura Kükenthal 1908
Astrogorgia Verrill 1868
Astromuricea Germanos 1895
Bayergorgia Williams & Lopez-Gonzalez 2005
Bebryce Philippi 1841
Caliacis Deichmann 1936
Chromoplexaura Williams 2013
Cryogorgia Williams 2005
Dentomuricea Grasshoff 1977
Discogorgia Kükenthal 1919
Echinogorgia Kölliker 1865
Echinomuricea Verrill 1869
Elasmogorgia Wright & Studer 1889
Eunicea Lamouroux 1816
Euplexaura Verrill 1869
Heterogorgia Verrill 1868
Hypnogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Lapidogorgia Grasshoff 1999
Lepidomuricea Kükenthal 1919
Lytreia Bayer 1981
Menacella Gray 1870
Menella Gray 1870
Mesogligorgia Lopez-Gonzalez 2007
Muricea Lamouroux 1821
Muriceides Wright & Studer 1889
Muriceopsis Aurivillius 1931
Paracis Kükenthal 1919
Paramuricea Kölliker 1865
Paraplexaura Kükenthal 1909
Placogorgia Wright & Studer 1889
Plexaura Lamouroux 1812
Plexauroides Wright & Studer
Plexauropsis Verrill 1907
Psammogorgia Verrill 1868
Pseudoplexaura Wright & Studer 1889
Pseudothesea Kükenthal 1919
Scleracis Kükenthal 1919
Spinimuricea Grasshoff 1992
Swiftia Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Thesea Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Trimuricea Gordon 1926
Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti 1862

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Plexauridae
Plexaurella (this page)
Plexaurella crassa (Ellis 1756)
Plexaurella curvata Kunze 1916
Plexaurella dichotoma (Esper 1791)
Plexaurella furcata (Lamarck 1816)
Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill 1912
Plexaurella grisea Kunze 1916
Plexaurella heteropora (Lamarck 1816)
Plexaurella kunzei Kükenthal 1924
Plexaurella minuta Kunze 1916
Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860)
Plexaurella regia Castro 1989
Plexaurella tenuis Kunze 1916
Plexaurella teres Kunze 1916
Plexaurella vermiculata (Lamarck 1816)
Acanthacis
Acanthomuricea
Alaskagorgia
Anthomuricea
Anthoplexaura
Astrogorgia
Astromuricea
Bayergorgia
Bebryce
Chromoplexaura
Cryogorgia
Dentomuricea
Discogorgia
Echinogorgia
Echinomuricea
Elasmogorgia
Eunicea
Euplexaura
Heterogorgia
Hypnogorgia
Lapidogorgia
Lepidomuricea
Lytreia
Menacella
Menella
Mesogligorgia
Muricea
Muriceides
Muriceopsis
Paracis
Paramuricea
Paraplexaura
Placogorgia
Plexaura
Psammogorgia
Pseudoplexaura
Scleracis
Spinimuricea
Swiftia
Thesea
Trimuricea
Villogorgia

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Plexaurella Kölliker 1865 (this page)
Plexaurella crassa (Ellis 1756)
Plexaurella curvata Kunze 1916
Plexaurella dichotoma (Esper 1791)
Plexaurella furcata (Lamarck 1816)
Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill 1912
Plexaurella grisea Kunze 1916
Plexaurella heteropora (Lamarck 1816)
Plexaurella kunzei Kükenthal 1924
Plexaurella minuta Kunze 1916
Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860)
Plexaurella regia Castro 1989
Plexaurella tenuis Kunze 1916
Plexaurella teres Kunze 1916
Plexaurella vermiculata (Lamarck 1816)
Acanthacis Deichmann 1936
Acanthomuricea Hentschel 1903
Acis Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Alaskagorgia Sánchez & Cairns 2004
Anthomuricea Studer 1887
Anthoplexaura Kükenthal 1908
Astrogorgia Verrill 1868
Astromuricea Germanos 1895
Bayergorgia Williams & Lopez-Gonzalez 2005
Bebryce Philippi 1841
Caliacis Deichmann 1936
Chromoplexaura Williams 2013
Cryogorgia Williams 2005
Dentomuricea Grasshoff 1977
Discogorgia Kükenthal 1919
Echinogorgia Kölliker 1865
Echinomuricea Verrill 1869
Elasmogorgia Wright & Studer 1889
Eunicea Lamouroux 1816
Euplexaura Verrill 1869
Heterogorgia Verrill 1868
Hypnogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Lapidogorgia Grasshoff 1999
Lepidomuricea Kükenthal 1919
Lytreia Bayer 1981
Menacella Gray 1870
Menella Gray 1870
Mesogligorgia Lopez-Gonzalez 2007
Muricea Lamouroux 1821
Muriceides Wright & Studer 1889
Muriceopsis Aurivillius 1931
Paracis Kükenthal 1919
Paramuricea Kölliker 1865
Paraplexaura Kükenthal 1909
Placogorgia Wright & Studer 1889
Plexaura Lamouroux 1812
Plexauroides Wright & Studer
Plexauropsis Verrill 1907
Psammogorgia Verrill 1868
Pseudoplexaura Wright & Studer 1889
Pseudothesea Kükenthal 1919
Scleracis Kükenthal 1919
Spinimuricea Grasshoff 1992
Swiftia Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Thesea Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Trimuricea Gordon 1926
Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelloti 1862

GBIF classification

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Plexauridae
Plexaurella Kölliker 1865 (this page)
Plexaurella curvata Kunze 1916
Plexaurella dichotoma (Esper 1791)
Plexaurella furcata (Lamarck 1816)
Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill 1912
Plexaurella grisea Kunze 1916
Plexaurella heteropora (Lamarck 1816)
Plexaurella kunzei Kükenthal 1924
Plexaurella minuta Kunze 1916
Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860)
Plexaurella regia Castro 1989
Plexaurella tenuis Kunze 1916
Plexaurella teres Kunze 1916
Plexaurella vermiculata (Lamarck 1816)
Acanthacis Deichmann 1936
Acanthomuricea Hentschel 1903
Acis Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Alaskagorgia Sánchez & Cairns 2004
Allogorgia Verrill 1928
Anthomuricea Studer 1887
Anthoplexaura Kükenthal 1908
Astrogorgia Verrill 1868
Astromuricea Germanos 1895
Bayergorgia Williams & Lopez-Gonzalez 2005
Bebryce Philippi 1841
Berbyce
Caliacis Deichmann 1936
Chromoplexaura Williams 2013
Cryogorgia Williams 2005
Dentomuricea Grasshoff 1977
Discogorgia Kükenthal 1919
Echinogorgia Kölliker 1865
Echinomuricea Verrill 1869
Elasmogorgia Wright & Studer 1889
Eunicea Lamouroux 1816
Euplexa capensis Verrill 1870
Euplexaura Verrill 1869
Heterogorgia Verrill 1868
Hypnogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Lapidogorgia Grasshoff 1999
Lepidomuricea Kükenthal 1919
Lytreia Bayer 1981
Menacella Gray 1870
Menella Gray 1870
Mesogligorgia Lopez-Gonzalez 2007
Muricea Lamouroux 1821
Muriceides Studer 1887
Muriceopsis Aurivillius 1931
Paracis Kükenthal 1919
Paramuricea von Kölliker 1865
Paraplexaura Kükenthal 1909
Placogorgia Studer 1887
Plexaura Lamouroux 1812
Plexauroides Wright & Studer
Plexauropsis Verrill 1907
Psammogorgia Verrill 1868
Pseudobebryce Kükenthal 1919
Pseudoplexaura Wright & Studer 1889
Pseudothesea Kükenthal 1919
Scleracis Kükenthal 1919
Spinimuricea Grasshoff 1992
Swiftia Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Thesea Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Trimuricea Gordon 1926
Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Cnidaria Hatschek 1888
Anthozoa
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Octocorallia Haeckel 1866
Alcyonacea Lamouroux 1816
Holaxonia Studer 1887
Plexauridae Gray 1859
Plexaurella Valenciennes 1855 (this page)
Plexaurella dichotoma (Esper 1791)
Plexaurella fusifera Kunze 1916
Plexaurella grisea Kunze 1916
Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860)
Bebryce Philippi 1842
Caliacis Deichmann 1936
Eunicea Lamouroux 1816
Euplexaura Verrill 1865
Hypnogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Lytreia Bayer 1981
Muricea Lamouroux 1821
Muriceides Studer 1887
Muriceopsis Aurivillius 1931
Paramuricea Kölliker 1865
Placogorgia Studer 1887
Plexaura Lamouroux 1812
Psammogorgia Verrill 1868
Pseudoplexaura Wright & Studer 1889
Scleracis Kükenthal 1919
Spinimuricea Grasshoff 1992
Swiftia Duchassaing & Michelotti 1864
Thesea Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860
Villogorgia Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Octocorallia
Alcyonacea
Holaxonia
Plexauridae
Plexaurella (this page)
Plexaurella dichotoma
Plexaurella fusifera
Plexaurella grisea
Plexaurella nutans
unclassified Plexaurella
Alaskagorgia
Anthomuricea
Anthoplexaura
Astrogorgia
Bebryce
Chromoplexaura
Cryogorgia
Echinogorgia
Echinomuricea
Eunicea
Euplexaura
Heterogorgia
Hypnogorgia
Lepidomuricea
Lytreia
Menella
Muricea
Muriceides
Muriceopsis
Paracis
Paraplexaura
Placogorgia
Plexaura
Psammogorgia
Pseudoplexaura
Rumphella
Scleracis
Swiftia
Thesea
Trichogorgia
unclassified Plexauridae
Villogorgia

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Radiata
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Octocorallia
Alcyonacea
Holaxonia
Plexauridae
Plexaurella (this page)
Plexaurella crassa
Plexaurella curvata
Plexaurella cylindrica
Plexaurella dichotoma
Plexaurella furcata
Plexaurella grandiflora
Plexaurella grisea
Plexaurella heteropora
Plexaurella homomalla
Plexaurella kunzei
Plexaurella minuta
Plexaurella nutans
Plexaurella porosa
Plexaurella pumila
Plexaurella regia
Plexaurella tenuis
Plexaurella teres
Plexaurella vanderhorsti
Plexaurella vermiculata
Acanthacis
Acanthomuricea
Acis
Alaskagorgia
Anthoplexaura
Astrogorgia
Astromuricea
Bayergorgia
Bebryce
Brandella
Caliacis
Chromoplexaura
Cryogorgia
Dentomuricea
Discogorgia
Echinogorgia
Elasmogorgia
Eumuricea
Eunicea
Euplexaura
Heterogorgia
Hypnogorgia
Lapidogorgia
Lepidomuricea
Lytreia
Menacella
Menella
Mesogligorgia
Muricea
Muriceides
Muriceopsis
Nicaule
Paramuricea
Paraplexaura
Perisceles
Placogorgia
Plexaura
Plexauropsis
Psammogorgia
Pseudobebryce
Pseudoplexaura
Pseudothesea
Scleracis
Spinimuricea
Stenogorgia
Swiftia
Thesea
Trimuricea
Villogorgia

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Malacalcyonacea
Plexaurellidae
Plexaurella (this page)
Plexaurella dichotoma (Esper 1788)
Plexaurella dichotoma typica (Esper 1794)
Plexaurella grandiflora Verrill 1912
Plexaurella grisea Kunze 1916
Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti 1860)
Plexaurella obesa Verrill 1912
Plexaurella rastrera Cordeiro, McFadden, Sánchez & Pérez 2021
Plexaurella regia Castro 1989
Plexaurella teres Kunze 1916
Plexaurella Kölliker 1865
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