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Paramuricea placomus (Linnaeus, 1758)

125390 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125390)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Cnidaria
  4. Anthozoa
  5. Octocorallia
  6. Malacalcyonacea
  7. Acanthogorgiidae
  8. Paramuricea
  9. Paramuricea placomus
accepted
Species
Paramuricea Kölliker, 1865
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 802 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Paramuricea placomus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125390 on 2026-09-02
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Paramuricea placomus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=125390 on 2026-09-02
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2019-03-05 23:41:47Z
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Cordeiro, Ralf

original description (of ) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 802 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Bayer, F.M. (1959). A review of the gorgonacean genus Placogorgia Studer, with a description of Placogorgia tribuloides, a new species from the Straits of Florida. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 49(2): 54-61., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39694196
page(s): 55, 57 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Breeze, H., D.S. Davis, M. Butler, and V. Kostylev. 1997. Distribution and status of deep sea corals off Nova Scotia. Ecology Action Centre. Halifax. 58 p. [details] 

additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 7, 97, 134, 135-136, 137, 138, 147, Plate 14 [details] 

additional source Grasshoff, M. (1977). Die Gorgonarien des östlichen Nordatlantik und des Mittelmeeres III. Die Familie Paramuriceidae (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). <em>"Meteor" Forsch.-Ergebnisse, Reihe D.</em> 27: 5-76.
page(s): 15-16 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 221-222 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Madsen, F. J. (1944). Octocorallia (Stolonifera - Telestacea - Xeniidae - Alcyonacea - Gorgonacea). <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition, Vol. V. Bianco Luno A/S.</em> 5(13): 1-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16849046 [details] 

additional source Verrill, A. E. (1922). The Alcyonaria of the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, with a revision of some other Canadian genera and species. Report on the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1918, 8, G, G3-G87, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38351360
page(s): 16, 60 [details] 

additional source Watling, L.; Auster, P. (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. <em>Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium.</em> 279-296., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27673-4_13 [details] 
 
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To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) 
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paramuricea placomus) 
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 17 proteins) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (9 records) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 020416) 
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