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Eunicea

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| taxon = Eunicea

| authority = Lamouroux, 1816 {{cite WoRMS |author=van Ofwegen, Leen |year=2010 |title=Eunicea Lamouroux, 1816 |id=292322 |accessdate=2014-12-14 |db=}}

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Eunicea is a genus of gorgonian-type octocorals in the family Plexauridae. These branched octocorals typically have knobby protuberances from which the polyps protrude. They are often stiffened by purple sclerites and some colonies, in brightly lit back-reef areas are purple, though most colonies are brown or grey. The polyps in some species are large and feathery in appearance. The growth of these corals is rapid and they can be kept in a reef aquarium.{{cite news |title=Aquarium Invertebrates: Caribbean Gorgonians: Beauty in Motion |author=Sprung, Julian |url=http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2004/3/inverts |newspaper=Advanced Aquarist |date=2004-03-01 |accessdate=2015-03-18}}

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists these species:{{Cite web|url=http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291322|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Eunicea Lamouroux, 1816|website=marinespecies.org|language=en|access-date=2018-03-31}}

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Category:Plexauridae

Category:Octocorallia genera

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