Parasphaerasclera grayi

Parasphaerasclera grayi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alcyonacea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Anthozoa Subclassis: Octocorallia Ordo: Alcyonacea

Familia: Parasphaerascleridae
Genus: Parasphaerasclera
Species: Parasphaerasclera grayi

Name

Parasphaerasclera grayi (Thomson & Dean, 1931) McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2013

original combination: Nidalia grayi Thomson & Dean, 1931

Synonymy

• Eleutherobia grayi (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
• Nidalia grayi Thomson & Dean, 1931

References

Primary references

• McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P. 2013. Molecular phylogenetic evidence supports a new family of octocorals and a new genus of Alcyoniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). ZooKeys 346: 59–83. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.346.6270 Reference page.  [recombination reference]
• Thomson, J.A., Dean, L.M.I. 1931. The Alcyonacea of the Siboga expedition with an addendum to the Gorgonacea. Siboga Expeditie. XIIId: 1-227, plates 1-28. Reference page.  [see page 37, original description of Nidalia grayi]

Links

• Cordeiro, R.; McFadden, C.; van Ofwegen, L.; Williams, G. (2020). World List of Octocorallia. Parasphaerasclera grayi (Thomson & Dean, 1931). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743781 on 2020-10-01

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