WoRMS name details
Muritella fucosa (Valenciennes, 1846)
1504770 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1504770)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Muritella Gray, 1870 accepted as Psammogorgia Verrill, 1868
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Gorgonia fucosa Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes, A. (1846). Zoophytes. <em>In: Dupetit-Thouars, A., Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Vénus, pendants les annees 1836-1839. Atlas de Zoologie.</em> plates 1-15 (no text)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753399
page(s): plate 15 bis [details]
page(s): plate 15 bis [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Muritella fucosa (Valenciennes, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1504770 on 2025-04-05
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(of Gorgonia fucosa Valenciennes, 1846) Valenciennes, A. (1846). Zoophytes. <em>In: Dupetit-Thouars, A., Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Vénus, pendants les annees 1836-1839. Atlas de Zoologie.</em> plates 1-15 (no text)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753399
page(s): plate 15 bis [details]
new combination reference Gray, J.E. (1870). Notes on some new genera and species of alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> (4) 5: 405-408., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16355608
page(s): 406 [details]
page(s): plate 15 bis [details]
new combination reference Gray, J.E. (1870). Notes on some new genera and species of alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> (4) 5: 405-408., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16355608
page(s): 406 [details]
