WoRMS taxon details
Plumarella echinata Cairns, 2011
574239 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574239)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Cairns, S.D. (2011). A Revision of the Primnoidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> (634), 1-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.634 [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Aleutian Islands
type locality contained in Aleutian Islands [details]
Etymology Named echinatus (Latin for spiny) because not only are the marginal scales spinose, but the marginal spines also bear...
Etymology Named echinatus (Latin for spiny) because not only are the marginal scales spinose, but the marginal spines also bear smaller spines. [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Plumarella echinata Cairns, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574239 on 2024-11-13
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Cairns, S.D. (2011). A Revision of the Primnoidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> (634), 1-55., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.634 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Named echinatus (Latin for spiny) because not only are the marginal scales spinose, but the marginal spines also bear smaller spines. [details]
