| Plexauridae | |
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| Paramuricea clavata with polyps extended | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Alcyonacea |
| Suborder: | Holaxonia |
| Family: | Plexauridae Gray, 1859[1] |
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Plexauridae is a family of marine colonial octocorals in the phylum Cnidaria. Members of this family are found in shallow tropical and subtropical seas. Many species contain symbiotic photosynthetic protists called zooxanthellae.
- ^ van Ofwegen, Leen (2012). "Plexauridae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-12-19.