Pseudoplexaura
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| Pseudoplexaura | |
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| Trumpetfish (Aulostomus maculatus) hiding in a colony of Pseudoplexaura sp. | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Alcyonacea |
| Family: | Plexauridae |
| Genus: | Pseudoplexaura Wright & Studer, 1889[1] |
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Pseudoplexaura is a genus of gorgonian-type octocorals in the family Plexauridae. They form tall, branching, tree-like colonies and are native to reefs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
