species: Unidentified paramuriceid sp. 3 in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Unidentified paramuriceid sp. 3


©Anne Hoggett: Unidentified paramuriceid sp. 3 at North Point, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Unidentified paramuriceid sp. 3 at North Point, Lizard Island.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Order Malacalcyonacea
Family Paramuriceidae
Species Unidentified paramuriceid sp. 3

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Distinguishing features

Family-level id was thought to be Plexauridae based on Fabricius and Alderslade (2001). That family is no longer considered to occur in the western Pacific and the genera there that were formerly in that family are now in Paramuriceidae (McFadden et al, 2022).

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Fabricius, K. and P. Alderslade (2001). Soft corals and sea fans: A comprehensive guide to the tropical shallow water genera of the central-west Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea Australian Institute of Marine Science and Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Australia.