Plexaurella, Valenciennes, 1855
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/554D1963-FFE0-FFE2-FDD4-F6BC0B7D61B0 |
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Felipe |
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Plexaurella |
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Genus Plexaurella
Diagnosis
Dichotomously or laterally branching plexaurids with thick coenenchyme and presence of butterfly-form sclerites. Axial sheath sclerites never purple. Polyps with few, small rods (emended from Bayer 1961: 168 to include laterally branching forms and species without predominance or exclusive occurrence of butterfly-form sclerites in the coenenchyme).
Type species
Gorgonia dichotoma Esper, 1791 , by subsequent designation ( Kunze 1916: 555).
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Plexaurella
| Castro, C. B., Medeiros, M. S. & Loiola, L. L. 2010 |
Gorgonia dichotoma
| Kunze G 1916: 555 |