All Species
151 Species in Family Plexauridae
Nominal species list for Plexauridae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Villogorgia rubra Hiles, 1899
Villogorgia nozzolea Grasshoff, 1996
Villogorgia nigrescens Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
Villogorgia glaesaria Grasshoff, 1999
Villogorgia citrina Grasshoff, 1999
Villogorgia bebrycoides (Koch, 1887) Canary Island sea fan coral
Trimuricea caledonica Grasshoff, 1999
Thesea solitaria (Pourtales, 1868)
Thesea talismani Grasshoff, 1986
Thesea pyrrha Carpinelli, Cordeiro, Castro & Kitahara, 2022
Thesea rugosa Deichmann, 1936
Thesea plana Deichmann, 1936
Thesea parviflora unspecified
Thesea nivea Deichmann, 1936 White eye sea spray
Thesea hebes unspecified
Thesea grandiflora Deichmann, 1936
Thesea guadalupensis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
Thesea citrina Deichmann, 1936
Swiftia spauldingi (Nutting, 1909) Spaulding's sea fan coral
Swiftia pallida Madsen, 1970 Northern sea fan
Swiftia phaeton Sampaio, Beuck & Freiwald, 2022
Swiftia kofoidi (Nutting, 1909) Red Sea fan
Swiftia casta (Verrill, 1883)
Swiftia exserta (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Red polyp octocoral
Spinimuricea klavereni (Carpine & Grasshoff, 1975)
Spinimuricea atlantica (Johnson, 1862)
Scleracis pulchella Studer, 1879
Scleracis pumila Reiss, 1919
Scleracis macquariana Bayer & Stefani, 1987
Scleracis petrosa unspecified
Scleracis guadaloupensis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860)
Pseudoplexaura wagenaari (Stiasny, 1941)
Pseudoplexaura porosa (Houttuyn, 1772) Dry sea feather
Pseudoplexaura flagellosa (Houttuyn, 1772) Porous sea rod
Pseudoplexaura crucis Bayer, 1961
Psammogorgia teres Verrill, 1868
Psammogorgia hookeri Breedy & Guzman, 2014
Psammogorgia pax Breedy, Guzman, Murillo & Vargas, 2020
Psammogorgia gracilis Verrill, 1868
Psammogorgia arbuscula (Verrill, 1866)
Psammogorgia geniculata Studer, 1878
Plexaurella regia Castro, 1989
Plexaurella nutans (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) Giant split-pore sea rod
Plexaurella grisea Kunze, 1916 Gray sea rod
Plexaurella fusifera Kunze, 1916
Plexaura kuna Lasker, Kim & Coffroth, 1996
Plexaurella dichotoma (Esper, 1791) Slit-pore sea rod
Plexaura nina Bayer & Deichmann, 1958
Plexaura kükenthali Moser, 1921
Plexaura flava Nutting, 1910
Plexaura flexuosa (Lamouroux, 1821) Bent sea rod
Plexaura homomalla (Esper, 1792) Black sea rod
Placogorgia terceira Grasshoff, 1977
Placogorgia tenuis (Verrill, 1883)
Placogorgia rudis Deichmann, 1936
Placogorgia mirabilis Deichmann, 1936
Placogorgia massiliensis Carpine & Grasshoff, 1975 Swollen sea fan coral
Placogorgia intermedia (Thomson, 1927)
Placogorgia coronata Carpine & Grasshoff, 1975
Placogorgia becena Grasshoff, 1977
Paramuricea placomus (Linnaeus, 1758) Flattened sea fan coral
Paramuricea multispina unspecified
Paramuricea macrospina (Koch, 1882)
Paramuricea grandis Verrill, 1883 Greater sea fan coral
Paramuricea grayi (Johnson, 1861)
Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826) Small polyped gorgonian
Paramuricea biscaya Grasshoff, 1977
Paramuricea candida Grasshoff, 1977
Paracis caecilia Grasshoff, 1996
Muriceopsis petila Bayer, 1961
Muriceopsis sulphurea (Donovan, 1825)
Muriceopsis flavida (Lamarck, 1815) Rough sea plume
Muriceopsis bayeriana Sánchez, 2007
Muriceopsis bayeri Sanchez, 2001
Muriceides paucituberculata (Marion, 1906)
Muriceides lepida Carpine & Grasshoff, 1975 Graduated sea fan coral
Muricea pendula Verrill, 1864 Pinnate spiny sea fan
Muricea pinnata Bayer, 1961 Longspine sea fan
Muriceides hirtus (Pourtales, 1868)
Muricea muricata (Pallas, 1766) Spiny sea fan
Muricea laxa Verrill, 1864 Delicate spiny sea rod
Muricea elongata Lamouroux, 1821 Orange spiny sea rod
Muricea fruticosa Verrill, 1869 Brown gorgonian
Muricea californica Aurivillius, 1931 California golden gorgonian
Muricea atlantica (Riess, 1919)
Muricea appressa (Verrill, 1864)
Menella simplex (Kükenthal, 1908)
Menella woodin Grasshoff, 1999
Menella kouare Grasshoff, 1999
Menella bahrelfarsi (Stiasny, 1940)
Menella flora (Nutting, 1910)
Menella indica (Ridley, 1888)
Lytreia plana (Deichmann, 1936)
Hypnogorgia pendula Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
Heterogorgia tortuosa unspecified
Filigella mitzukurii unspecified
Euplexaura rhipadalis Studer, 1895
Euplexaura robusta Kükenthal, 1908
Euplexaura curvata Kükenthal, 1908
Euplexaura plana Samimi Namin & van Ofwegen, 2009
Euplexaura amerea Grasshoff, 1999
Eunicea tourneforti Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857 Knobby candelabra
Eunicea pinta Bayer & Deichmann, 1958
Eunicea succinea (Pallas, 1766) Shelf-knob sea rod
Eunicea palmeri Bayer, 1961 Palmer's Eunicea
Eunicea pallida Garcia-Parrado & Alcolado, 1997
Eunicea laxispica (Lamarck, 1815)
Eunicea mammosa Lamouroux, 1816 Swollen knob candelabrum
Eunicea knighti Bayer, 1961
Eunicea laciniata Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
Eunicea fusca Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 Doughnut sea rod
Eunicea clavigera Bayer, 1961
Eunicea flexuosa (Lamouroux, 1821)
Eunicea calyculata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Warty sea rod
Eunicea asperula Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857
Echinomuricea spinifera Nutting, 1910
Echinomuricea pulchra Nutting, 1910
Echinomuricea indomalaccensis Ridley, 1884
Echinomuricea atlantica (Johnson, 1862)
Echinomuricea borealis (Johnson, 1862)
Echinogorgia toombo Grasshoff, 1999
Echinogorgia reticulata (Esper, 1791)
Echinogorgia pseudosassapo Kölliker, 1865
Echinogorgia noumea Grasshoff, 1999
Echinogorgia lami Stiasny, 1940
Echinogorgia complexa Nutting, 1910
Echinogorgia japonica Aurivillius, 1931
Clematissa tenue unspecified
Clematissa chamaeleon unspecified
Chromoplexaura cordellbankensis Williams & Breedy, 2019
Chromoplexaura marki (Kükenthal, 1913)
Caliacis nutans Deichmann, 1936
Bebryce studeri Whitelegge, 1897
Bebryce sirene Grasshoff, 1999
Bebryce parastellata Deichmann, 1936
Bebryce mollis Philippi, 1842 Supple sea fan coral
Bebryce harpy Grasshoff, 1999
Bebryce inermis Samimi Namin & van Ofwegen, 2010
Bebryce grandis Deichmann, 1936
Bebryce cinerea Deichmann, 1936
Bebryce cactus Bayer, 1994
Bayergorgia vermidoma Williams & Lopez-Gonzalez, 2005
Astrogorgia sinensis (Verrill, 1865)
Astrogorgia mengalia Grasshoff, 1999
Astrogorgia lafoa Grasshoff, 1999
Astrogorgia fruticosa Samimi Namin & van Ofwegen, 2009
Astrogorgia dumbea Grasshoff, 1999
Astrogorgia canala Grasshoff, 1999
Astrogorgia begata Grasshoff, 1999
Acanthomuricea uimea Grasshoff, 1999
Acanthomuricea mberea Grasshoff, 1999
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