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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 the Ionian Sea. This species was first described by the French naturalist Antoine Risso in 1826.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Violescent Sea-whip being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Malacalcyonacea
- Family
- Acanthogorgiidae
- Genus
- Paramuricea
- Species
- Paramuricea clavata
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