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