Muriceopsis
Sign in to saveMuriceopsis 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 kept in a reef aquarium.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderMalacalcyonacea
- FamilyPterogorgiidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 78
- Family
- Pterogorgiidae
- Collections
- USNM
- Recorded in
- Brazil, United States, Mexico, Jamaica, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Turks And Caicos Islands, Belize
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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 kept in a reef aquarium.
==Species== The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species: Muriceopsis bayeriana Sánchez, 2007 Muriceopsis flavida (Lamarck, 1815) Muriceopsis metaclados Castro, Medeiros & Loiola, 2010 Muriceopsis petila Bayer, 1961 Muriceopsis sulphurea (Donovan, 1825) Muriceopsis tuberculata (Esper, 1792)
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