Euplexaura Verrill, 1869

Matsumoto, Asako K. & van Ofwegen, Leen P., 2016, Species of Elasmogorgia and Euplexaura (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from Japan with a discussion about the genus Filigella, ZooKeys 589, pp. 1-21 : 5

Taxon classification Animalia Alcyonacea Plexauridae

Genus Euplexaura Verrill, 1869

Euplexaura Verrill, 1869: 75; Kükenthal 1924: 90 (synonymy of the genus).

Diagnosis.

Plexauridae with colonies branched in one plane. Calyces may be present but are mostly absent. Polyps with collaret and points, only point sclerites, or no sclerites at all. The surface of the coenenchyme with robust ovals or spindles with complex tubercles; sometimes with one side that is less tuberculate. The interior with rods or small spindles with simple tubercles. All sclerites colourless.