Muricella

Muricella
Hippocampus bargibanti2ID
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Malacalcyonacea
Family: Acanthogorgiidae
Genus: Muricella
Verrill, 1868

Muricella is a genus of corals belonging to the family Acanthogorgiidae.[1]

The species of this genus are found in Pacific and Indian Ocean, Caribbean.[1]

Species

Species:[1][2]

  • Muricella abnormalis Nutting, 1912
  • Muricella argentea (Nutting, 1910)
  • Muricella aruensis Kükenthal, 1919
  • Muricella brunnea Kükenthal, 1924
  • Muricella crassa Wright & Studer, 1889
  • Muricella decipiens Kükenthal, 1924
  • Muricella dentata (Nutting, 1910)
  • Muricella englemani Bayer, 1949
  • Muricella exilis Tixier-Durivault, 1972
  • Muricella flexilis Hiles, 1899
  • Muricella flexuosa (Verrill, 1865)
  • Muricella gracilis Wright & Studer, 1889
  • Muricella magna Utinomi, 1961
  • Muricella megaspina Hargitt in Hargitt & Rogers, 1901
  • Muricella nitida (Verrill, 1868)
  • Muricella operculata (Nutting, 1910)
  • Muricella paraglectaba Grasshoff, 1999
  • Muricella perramosa Ridley, 1882
  • Muricella plectana Grasshoff, 1999
  • Muricella ramosa Thomson & Henderson, 1905
  • Muricella reticulata (Nutting, 1910)
  • Muricella rosea (Nutting, 1910)
  • Muricella sayad Grasshoff, 2000
  • Muricella stellata (Nutting, 1910)
  • Muricella tenera Ridley, 1884
  • Muricella vasseuri Tixier-Durivault, 1972

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Muricella Verrill, 1868". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Muricella Verrill, 1869". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2026-07-31.