Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
()
- Leuckart, 1847
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
()
- Hatschek, 1888
- Cnidarians
- Subphylum:
Anthozoa
()
- (Ehrenberg, 1831) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Corals, Flower Animals
- Class:
Anthozoa
()
- Ehrenberg, 1831
- Corals, Flower Animals
- Subclass:
Alcyonaria
()
- Order:
Gorgonacea
()
- Sea Fans and Sea Whips
- Suborder:
Holaxonia
()
- Family:
Plexauridae
()
- Genus:
Plexaurella
()
- Specific name:
fusifera
- Kunze, 1916
- Scientific name: - Plexaurella fusifera Kunze, 1916
- Specific name:
fusifera
- Kunze, 1916
- Genus:
Plexaurella
(
- Family:
Plexauridae
(
- Suborder:
Holaxonia
(
- Order:
Gorgonacea
(
- Subclass:
Alcyonaria
(
- Class:
Anthozoa
(
- Subphylum:
Anthozoa
(
- Phylum:
Cnidaria
(
- Infrakingdom:
Coelenterata
(
- Subkingdom:
Radiata
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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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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- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
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- 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.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2565255
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4011240
