Paramuricea

Paramuricea
Paramuricea clavata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Octocorallia
Order:	Malacalcyonacea
Family:	Plexauridae
Genus:	Paramuricea Koelliker, 1865
Species
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Paramuricea is a genus of gorgonian-type octocorals in the family Plexauridae.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists these species:

• Paramuricea aequatorialis Wright & Studer, 1889
• Paramuricea biscaya Grasshoff, 1977
• Paramuricea candida Grasshoff, 1977
• Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826)
• Paramuricea echinata Deichmann, 1936
• Paramuricea grandis Verrill, 1883
• Paramuricea grayi (Johnson, 1861)
• Paramuricea hawaiensis Nutting, 1908
• Paramuricea hirsuta (Gray, 1851)
• Paramuricea hyalina Kükenthal, 1919
• Paramuricea indica Thomson & Henderson, 1906

• Paramuricea intermedia Kölliker, 1865
• Paramuricea johnsoni (Studer, 1878)
• Paramuricea laxa Wright & Studer, 1889
• Paramuricea macrospina (Koch, 1882)
• Paramuricea multispina Deichmann, 1936
• Paramuricea placomus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Paramuricea ramosa Wright & Studer, 1889
• Paramuricea robusta Thomson & Ritchie, 1906
• Paramuricea spinosa Kölliker, 1865
• Paramuricea tenuis Verrill, 1883