| Paramuricea clavata | |
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| Paramuricea clavata with polyps expanded | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Alcyonacea |
| Family: | Plexauridae |
| Genus: | Paramuricea |
| Species: | P. clavata
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| Binomial name | |
| Paramuricea clavata | |
Paramuricea clavata, the violescent sea-whip, is a species of colonial soft coral in the family Plexauridae. It is found in shallow seas of the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and the north-western Mediterranean Sea as well as Ionian Sea. This species was first described by the French naturalist Antoine Risso in 1826.
- ^ van Ofwegen, Leen (2014). "Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-12-16.