WoRMS taxon details
Plexaura kuna Lasker, Kim & Coffroth, 1996
290799 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290799)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lasker, H. R.; Kim, K.; Coffroth, M. A. (1996). Reproductive and genetic variation among Caribbean gorgonians: the differentiation of Plexaura kuna, new species. <em>Bulletin of marine science.</em> 58(1), 277-288. [details]
Holotype USNM 94594, geounit Panamanian Exclusive...
Holotype USNM 94594, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Plexaura kuna Lasker, Kim & Coffroth, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290799 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Lasker, H. R.; Kim, K.; Coffroth, M. A. (1996). Reproductive and genetic variation among Caribbean gorgonians: the differentiation of Plexaura kuna, new species. <em>Bulletin of marine science.</em> 58(1), 277-288. [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Grajales V.A., Aguilar C., Sánchez J. (2007). Phylogenetic reconstruction using secondary structures of Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2, rDNA): finding the molecular and morphological gap in Caribbean gorgonian corals. <em>BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 90.</em>
page(s): 3, 5, 6, 8 [details]
additional source Lasker, H. R.; Kim, K. (1996). Larval development and settlement behavior of the gorgonian coral Plexaura kuna (Lasker, Kim and Coffroth). <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 207(1-2): 161-175., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-0981(96)02625-1 [details]
additional source Zeevi Ben-Yosef, D.; Benayahu, Y. (1999). The gorgonian coral Acabaria biserialis: life history of a successful colonizer of artificial substrata. Marine Biology, 135, 473-481
page(s): 473, 474 [details]
additional source Wirshing, H. H.; Messing, C. G.; Douady, C. J.; Reed, J. K.; Stanhope, M. J. (2005). Molecular evidence for multiple lineages in the gorgonian family Plexauridae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Marine Biology, 147, 497-508
page(s): 499, 500, 503, 505, 506 [details]
additional source Sánchez, J. A.; Wirshing, H. H. (2005). A field key to the identification of tropical western Atlantic zooxanthellate octocorals (Octocorallia: Cnidaria). Caribbean Journal of Science, 41(3): 508-522
page(s): 513, 514, 519 [details]
additional source Grajales V.A., Aguilar C., Sánchez J. (2007). Phylogenetic reconstruction using secondary structures of Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2, rDNA): finding the molecular and morphological gap in Caribbean gorgonian corals. <em>BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 90.</em>
page(s): 3, 5, 6, 8 [details]
additional source Lasker, H. R.; Kim, K. (1996). Larval development and settlement behavior of the gorgonian coral Plexaura kuna (Lasker, Kim and Coffroth). <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 207(1-2): 161-175., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-0981(96)02625-1 [details]
additional source Zeevi Ben-Yosef, D.; Benayahu, Y. (1999). The gorgonian coral Acabaria biserialis: life history of a successful colonizer of artificial substrata. Marine Biology, 135, 473-481
page(s): 473, 474 [details]
additional source Wirshing, H. H.; Messing, C. G.; Douady, C. J.; Reed, J. K.; Stanhope, M. J. (2005). Molecular evidence for multiple lineages in the gorgonian family Plexauridae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Marine Biology, 147, 497-508
page(s): 499, 500, 503, 505, 506 [details]
additional source Sánchez, J. A.; Wirshing, H. H. (2005). A field key to the identification of tropical western Atlantic zooxanthellate octocorals (Octocorallia: Cnidaria). Caribbean Journal of Science, 41(3): 508-522
page(s): 513, 514, 519 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 94594, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 94595, geounit Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plexaura kuna)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (7 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 94594)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Plexaura kuna)
To GenBank (33 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (7 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 94594)
