Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Octocorallia > Order Scleralcyonacea > Family Ellisellidae > Genus Ellisella

Ellisella paraplexauroides Stiasny, 1936

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ellisella*	Gray, 1858	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Stiasny, G. (1936). Diagnosen einiger neuer Gorgonarien-Arten von Cap Blanco (Westafrika). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 113(7/8): 201-206.
basis of record	van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 104-105
additional source	Grasshoff, M. (1992). Die Flachwasser-Gorgonarien von Europa und Westafrika (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Band 149. Frankfurt a. M., 135 pp.
additional source	Maldonado, M.; López-Acosta, M.; Sánchez-Tocino, L.; Sitjà, C. (2013). The rare, giant gorgonian Ellisella paraplexauroides: demographics and conservation concerns. Marine Ecology Progres Series. 479: 127–141.
additional source	Stiasny, G. (1936). Gorgonaria von Cap Blanco (Westafrika, Mauretanien). Capita Zoologica. 8(2): 5-44, plates 1-6.
additional source	Carpine, C., Grasshoff, M. (1975). Les gorgonaires de la Méditerranée. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco. 7(430), 140 p.

Genbank

Citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Ellisella paraplexauroides Stiasny, 1936. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125358