Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Octocorallia > Order Alcyonacea > Suborder Holaxonia > Family Plexauridae > Genus Paramuricea

Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Paramuricea*	Koelliker, 1865	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: gorgonia e kuqe sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Catalan: gorgònia vermella; graspallà fort sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

English: violescent sea-whip sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

French: gorgone multicolore; gorgone pourpre; gorgone rouge sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: farbwechselnde Gorgonie

Italian: gorgonia rossa

Spanish, Castillian: gorgonia roja; gorgonia violácea

Literature

basis of record	van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 104-105
additional source	Watling, L., P. Auster (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium, Erlangen, Germany, September 2003. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp 279-296.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GenBank (20 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

van Ofwegen, L. (2014). Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125387