Plexaura sp.

Super Group: 
Eukaryota
Phylum: 
Cnidaria
Class: 
Anthozoa
Order: 
Alcyonacea
Family: 
Plexauridae
Genus: 
Plexaura
Species: 
sp.
Authority: 
Lamouroux, 1812

Diagnosis

Plexaurids with cortical spiculation divided into three layers: outer layer clubs (chiefly leaf-clubs), often with some unilaterally foliate capstans or spindles; middle layer predominantly spindles of large (up to 2 mm) or moderate size; inner layer (=axial sheath) with capstans of deep reddish purple color predominating. Anthocodiae strongly armed with spindles forming a crown with 8 points, flattened rods in the backs of the tentacles, and sometimes a collaret. 

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