''Muriceopsis'' is a
genus of gorgonian-type, branching
colonial
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octocorals
Octocorallia (also known as Alcyonaria) is a class of Anthozoa comprising around 3,000 species of water-based organisms formed of colonial polyps with 8-fold symmetry. It includes the blue coral, soft corals, sea pens, and gorgonians (sea fans ...
in the
family Plexauridae
Plexauridae is a family of marine colonial octocorals in the phylum Cnidaria. Members of this family are found in shallow tropical and subtropical seas. Many species contain symbiotic photosynthetic protists called zooxanthellae.
Characteristi ...
. They are found on shallow water reefs and are capable of developing sweeper
tentacles. The growth of these corals is rapid and they can be kept in a
reef aquarium.
Species
The
World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:
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Muriceopsis bayeriana
''Muriceopsis'' is a genus of gorgonian-type, branching Colony (biology), colonial Octocorallia, octocorals in the Family (biology), family Plexauridae. They are found on shallow water reefs and are capable of developing sweeper tentacles. The gr ...
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Sánchez, 2007
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Muriceopsis flavida
''Muriceopsis'' is a genus of gorgonian-type, branching colonial octocorals in the family Plexauridae. They are found on shallow water reefs and are capable of developing sweeper tentacles. The growth of these corals is rapid and they can be kep ...
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(Lamarck, 1815)
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Muriceopsis metaclados
''Muriceopsis'' is a genus of gorgonian-type, branching colonial octocorals in the family Plexauridae. They are found on shallow water reefs and are capable of developing sweeper tentacles. The growth of these corals is rapid and they can be kep ...
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Castro, Medeiros & Loiola, 2010
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Muriceopsis petila
''Muriceopsis'' is a genus of gorgonian-type, branching colonial octocorals in the family Plexauridae. They are found on shallow water reefs and are capable of developing sweeper tentacles. The growth of these corals is rapid and they can be kep ...
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Bayer, 1961
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Muriceopsis sulphurea
''Muriceopsis'' is a genus of gorgonian-type, branching colonial octocorals in the family Plexauridae. They are found on shallow water reefs and are capable of developing sweeper tentacles. The growth of these corals is rapid and they can be kep ...
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(Donovan, 1825)
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Muriceopsis tuberculata
''Muriceopsis'' is a genus of gorgonian-type, branching colonial octocorals in the family Plexauridae. They are found on shallow water reefs and are capable of developing sweeper tentacles. The growth of these corals is rapid and they can be kep ...
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(Esper, 1792)
References
Plexauridae
Octocorallia genera
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