Electra Lamouroux, 1816

Type species: Flustra verticillata Ellis & Solander, 1786

Synonyms Author Type Species
Annulipora Gray, 1848 Eschara pilosa Pallas, 1766
Cyphonautes Ehrenberg, 1833
Electrina d'Orbigny, 1851 Electrina lamellosa d'Orbigny, 1851
d'Orbigny, 1852 Flustra dentata Ellis & Solander, 1786 = Electra pilosa Pallas, 1766

This genus includes the species:

  1. Electra arcuata
    		2.  (Canu, 1908) Pleistocene-Holocene Argentina WoRMS 1446147
  2. Electra asiatica
    		3.  Grischenko, Dick & Mawatari, 2007 Recent Japan, Hokkaido WoRMS 469771
  3. Electra axialata
    		4.  Liu, 1999 Recent Northwest Pacific - East China Sea WoRMS 469762
  4. Electra brevifrons
    		5.  Canu, 1919 Paleogene Eocene Ypresian France WoRMS 1401777
  5. Electra concatenata
    		6.  (Reuss, 1864) Paleogene Oligocene Chattian Germany WoRMS 1410904
  6. Electra curvispina ?
    		7.  O'Donoghue, 1924 Recent West Indian Ocean South Africa WoRMS 472690
  7. Electra distefanoi
    		8.  Cipolla, 1921 Neogene Pliocene Italy WoRMS 1401778
  8. Electra distorta
    		9.  (Hincks, 1880) Recent North Indian Ocean - Sri Lanka WoRMS 987978
  9. Electra elongata
    		10.  Gautier, 1962 Recent Mediterranean WoRMS 469757
  10. Electra everretti
    		11.  Taylor & McKinney, 2006 Cretaceous Maastrichtian USA N.Carolina WoRMS 1401779
  11. Electra flagellum
    		12.  (MacGillivray, 1882) Recent Southern Australia WoRMS 469752
  12. Electra gracilis
    		13.  Liu, 1999 Recent Northwest Pacific - East China Sea WoRMS 469765
  13. Electra hastingsae
    		14.  Marcus, 1938 Recent West Atlantic Brazil WoRMS 153712
  14. Electra inarmata
    		15.  Liu in Liu, Yin & Ma, 2001 Recent Northwest Pacific - East China Sea WoRMS 469766
  15. Electra indica
    		16.  Menon & Nair, 1975 Recent Indian Ocean WoRMS 469773
  16. Electra inermis
    		17.  Liu in Liu, Yin & Ma, 2001 Recent Northwest Pacific - East China Sea WoRMS 469767
  17. Electra irregularis
    		18.  Buge, 1957 Neogene Miocene France WoRMS 1401780
  18. Electra jindoica
    		19.  Chae, Yang, Min, & Seo, 2024 Recent Northwest Pacific Korea WoRMS 1734129
  19. Electra lamellosa
    		20.  (d'Orbigny, 1851) Recent Northeast Atlantic WoRMS 987979
  20. Electra leseueri
    		21.  d'Hondt, 1979 Recent Indian Ocean - Australia WoRMS 472686
  21. Electra longispina
    		22.  (Calvet, 1904) Recent South Atlantic WoRMS 173567
  22. Electra monilophora
    		23.  Liu, 1999 Recent Northwest Pacific - East China Sea WoRMS 469764
  23. Electra monostachys
    		24.  (Busk, 1854) Recent Northeast Atlantic WoRMS 111354
  24. Electra oligocenica
    		25.  Buge, 1957 Paleogene Oligocene France WoRMS 1401781
  25. Electra multispinata
    (Status?)
    		26.  (Hincks, 1882) Recent Indian Ocean - Australia WoRMS 469760
  26. Electra oligopora
    		27.  Gordon, 2009 Recent South Pacific - New Zealand WoRMS 468266
  27. Electra omanensis
    		28.  Nikulina, Ostrovsky & Claereboudt, 2012 Recent Indian Ocean - Oman WoRMS 708898
  28. Electra parvimater
    		29.  Canu & Bassler, 1920 Paleogene Eocene Priabonian USA Mississippi WoRMS 1401782
  29. Electra pilosa
    		30. Linnaeus, 1767 Recent Cosmopolitan WoRMS 111355
  30. Electra pilosa ellisiana
    		31.  (Moll, 1803) Recent North Atlantic WoRMS 987980
  31. Electra pilosa laxa
    		32.  (Smitt, 1868) Recent North Atlantic WoRMS 987982
  32. Electra posidoniae
    		33.  Gautier, 1954 Recent Mediterranean WoRMS 111356
  33. Electra pseudopilosa
    		34.  Liu in Liu, Yin & Ma, 2001 Recent Northwest Pacific - East China Sea WoRMS 469769
  34. Electra repiachowi
    		35.  Ostroumoff, 1886 Recent Sea of Marmara WoRMS 469761
  35. Electra robusta
    		36.  Canu & Bassler, 1928 Recent East Atlantic North Africa WoRMS 469758
  36. Electra rozieri
    		37.  (Duvergier, 1924) Neogene Miocene Burdigalian France WoRMS 1410905
  37. Electra scuticifera
    		38.  Nikulina, 2008 Recent New Zealand WoRMS 469772
  38. Electra sinuosa
    		39.  Canu, 1904 Cenozoic Argentina WoRMS 1401783
  39. Electra triacantha?
    		40.  (Lamouroux, 1816) Recent Australia WoRMS 987983
  40. Electra triaurata
    		41.  Nikulina & Taylor, 2009 Neogene Miocene Burdigalian France WoRMS 1401784
  41. Electra verticillata
    		42.  (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Recent Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean WoRMS 111357
  42. Electra zhoushanica
    		43.  Wang, 1988 Recent Northwest Pacific - East China Sea WoRMS 469755
    [Electra asiatica] [Electra pilosa]
    Electra asiatica Electra pilosa

Electra page at NMITA

Electra bellula - at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida.

Electra pilosa at Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland.

Electra crustulenta at MarLIN - Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland.
Electra pilosa at MarLIN - Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland.

Electra pilosa page at Aquascope (TMBL, Göteborg University)

Electra posidoniae page at DORIS

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Edited by Phil Bock
Modified on 16/11/2016
Modified on 27/5/2020 (Added WoRMS links)
Modified on 5/7/2020 (Moved Membranipora arcuata to Electra)
Modified on 18/9/2020 (Corrected type species entry )
Modified on 6/2/2024 (Added E.jindoica)
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