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Virgularia mirabilis (Müller, 1776)

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Müller, O. F. 1776. Zoologiæ Danicæ prodromus, seu animalium Daniæ et Norvegiæ indigenarum characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. - pp. i-xxxii, 1-274. Havniæ.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Anthozoa
order
Pennatulacea
family
Virgulariidae
genus
Virgularia
species
Virgularia mirabilis

Name

Synonyms
Deutocaulon hystricis Marshall & Fowler, 1888
Lygus mirabilis (Müller, 1776)
Pennatula mirabilis Müller, 1776
Scirpearia mirabilis Cuvier, 1817
Virgularia leuckartii Richiardi, 1869
Virgularia lovenii Kölliker, 1870
Virgularia lyungmanii Kölliker, 1870
Virgularia multiflora Kner, 1858
Virgularia vanbenedenii Herklots, 1858
Virgularia vanbenedensis Herklots, 1858
Homonyms
Virgularia mirabilis (Müller, 1776)
Common names
Schmale Seefeder in German
Søstrå in Danish
Zauberhafte Seefeder in German
common sea pen in English
elegant sea pen in English
pennatule magnifique in French
sea rush in English
slender sea pen in English
slender sea pen in English
slender sea-pen in English
Slender Sea Pen in English
mindre piprensare in Swedish
Lilla piprensaren in Swedish
Schmale Seefeder in German
Sea whip in English
Zauberhafte Seefeder in German
common sea pen in English
elegant sea pen in English
pennatule magnifique in French
sea rush in English
slender sea pen in English
slender sea-pen in English

Bibliographic References

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  3. Cairns, S.D., and Bayer, F.M., 2009. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 321–331 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  4. Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin,..., 2002: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora, Second Edition, 2002. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 28. xi + 115.
  5. Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37.
  6. Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
  7. Imahara, Y.; Ogawa, K. (2006). Rediscovery of Virgularia juncea (Octocorallia, Pennatulacea) from a tidal marsh in Okinawa, with a short note on its peculiar behavior. Proceedings of the Tenth International Coral Reef Symposium, 9-13
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  12. López-González, P. J.; Gili, J. M.; Williams, G. C. (2001). New records of Pennatulacea (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the African Atlantic coast, with description of a new species and a zoogeographic analysis. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 65(1), 59-74.
  13. Thomson, J. A. (1929). Alcyonaires des environs de Monaco et de localités diverses. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco), (534): 1-10
  14. Thomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1906). The marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S., in the years 1901 and 1902 -- Alcyonaria. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1906, 393-442, plates 26-31.
  15. Tixier-Durivault, A. (1961). Les Octocoralliaires du Golfe de Guinee et des Iles de Cap-Vert (Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea). <em>Annales de l'Institut oceanographique, Monaco.</em> 39: 237-262.
  16. Tixier-Durivault, A.; d'Hondt, M-J. (1974). Nouvelles recoltes d'Octocoralliaires a Madagascar. <em>Tethys.</em> 5(2-3): 251-266.
  17. Williams G.C. (1995). Living genera of sea pens (Coelenterata: Pennatulacea): illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 113, pp. 93-140.
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