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A revision of Trimuricea Gordon, 1926 (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Plexauridae) with the description of six new species

Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands Iranian National Institute for Oceanography, P.O. Box ‎‎14155-4781, Tehran, Iran
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
Cnidaria Alcyonacea identification key Indonesia Persian Gulf Oman Sea Arabian Sea Coelenterata

Abstract

The genus Trimuricea Gordon, 1926 is revised. An overview and identification key of all presently known Trimuricea species is given. The type material of Trimuricea africana Gordon, 1926, T. reticulata (Thomson & Simpson, 1909), T. merguiensis Gordon, 1926, T. inermis (Nutting, 1910), T. magna (Nutting, 1910) and T. caledonica Grasshoff, 1999, is re-examined. Trimuricea andamanensis (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) is assigned to Echinogorgia Kölliker, 1865, Trimuricea aff. reticulata (Samimi-Namin & van Ofwegen 2009a) is synonymised with T. persica n. sp.; and T. magna (Nutting, 1910) with T. inermis (Nutting, 1910). Furthermore, six new species are described and depicted, T. bicolor, T. flava, T. omanensis, T. persica, T. tuberculosa, and T. spinosa, increasing the number of known Trimuricea species to eleven.

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