Plexaurella dichotoma

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Plexaurella fusifera Kunze

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Esper, E.J.C. 799. Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farbenerleuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Zweyter Theil. (Raspe: Nürnberg):1-303, pls L-LXI ([Sponges], 1791.

Last scrutiny: 2000-2007

Similar Species

Members of the genus Plexaurella

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. dichotoma (Double-Forked Plexaurella) · P. grisea (Gray Plexaurella) · P. nutans (Giant Slit-Pore Sea Rod)

More Info

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Further Reading

• A manual of the common invertebrate animals, exclusive of insects / by Henry Sherring Pratt. .. with over one thousand illustrations. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1923. url p. 137.
• Barbados-Antigua expedition; narrative and preliminary report of a zoological expedition from theUniversity of Iowa to the Lesser Antilles under the auspices of the Graduate College, by C.C. Nutt ing. Iowa City, The University[1919] url p. 110, p. 272.
• Bulletin from the laboratories of natural history of the State University of Iowa. Iowa City, Iowa: The University, 1888-[1918]. url , p. 113, p. 153, p. 155, p. 247.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 44 1901-1904 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 259, p. 259.
• Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- url , p. 349, p. 357, p. 358, p. 359, p. 361, p. 362.
• Coral Reefs of the World. url p. 295.
• Final environmental impact statement prepared on the proposed Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Coastal Zone Management, [1980] url p. 9.
• Monthly microscopical journal: transactions of the Royal Microscopical Society, and record of histological research at home and abroad. London, R. Hardwicke, 1869-1877. url p. 87.
• Narrative and preliminary report of Bahama expedition, by C.C. Nutting. Iowa City, Iowa, By authority of the Regents, 1895 url p. 247.
• New forms of concretions / by Henry Windsor Nichols --; Oliver Cummings Farrington -- Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1906. url p. 48.
• Notes on Radiata in the museum of Yale College. New Haven, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor1871 url p. 361, p. 611.
• Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1908-42. url p. 349, p. 358, p. 359, p. 361, p. 362.
• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 48, p. 48.
• Studies in natural history. Iowa City, Ia. url p. 110, p. 272.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 179, p. 179.
• The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 76, p. 778, p. 779, p. 780, p. 784, p. 785.
• Toilers in the sea. London, E. & J. B. Young, 1889. url .
• Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. New Haven: Published by the Academy, 1866- url , p. 310, p. 310, p. 376, p. 376, p. 568.
• Year book - Carnegie Institution of Washington. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington url p. 176.

Notes

Contributors

• American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora Second Edition. Special Publication 28. ISBN 1-888569-39-5.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• URMO: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. Release date: November 18, 2008

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2565256
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: URM-Cn-3577
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 52200
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 451905

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