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Plumarella echinata Cairns, 2011 (original description)
Plumarella hapala Cairns, 2011 (original description)
Plumarella nuttingi Cairns, 2011 (original description)
Plumarella profunda Cairns, 2011 (original description)
Plumarella robusta Cairns, 2011 (original description)
Thouarella cristata Cairns, 2011 (original description)
Thouarella superba (Nutting, 1912) accepted as Plumarella superba (Nutting, 1912) (additional source)
Thouarella trilineata Cairns, 2011 (original description)
Aleutian Islands for Plumarella echinata Cairns, 2011
Aleutian Islands for Plumarella hapala Cairns, 2011
Aleutian Islands for Plumarella nuttingi Cairns, 2011
Aleutian Islands for Plumarella profunda Cairns, 2011
Aleutian Islands for Plumarella robusta Cairns, 2011
Aleutian Islands for Thouarella cristata Cairns, 2011
Aleutian Islands for Thouarella trilineata Cairns, 2011
Being the most commonly collected Plumarella in the Aleutian Islands, the species is named for the island group. [details]
Named echinatus (Latin for spiny) because not only are the marginal scales spinose, but the marginal spines also ... [details]
Named hapala (Latin for soft to the touch, delicate) because the thin body wall scales produce a relatively weak ... [details]
Named in honor of Charles C. Nutting, specifically in recognition of his revision of the North Pacific deep-water ... [details]
Named profunda (Latin for deep) for its relatively deep capture depth. [details]
Named robusta (Latin for hard, strong, robust), for the robust polyps produced by its thick body wall scales. [details]
Named cristata (Latin for crested or ridged), in allusion to the prominently ridged outer surfaces of the body wall ... [details]
Named trilineata (Latin for “three lines”) for the trilinear arrangement of the branchlets from the main branches. [details]
