Verrill, 1869
Euplexaura
Type species: Euplexaura capensis Verrill, 1869
Total number of species estimated: 15
Description: Colonies forming fans with thick branches. Colour of colonies red, purple, yellow. Coenenchyme with ellipsoid spindles with densely set complex tubercles. Zooxanthellae absent.
Habitat: Reef slope.
Range: Tropical Indo-Pacific
Remarks: Many species formerly attributed to other genera, like for instance Muricella, actually belong to Euplexaura.