WoRMS taxon details
Alcyonidium gelatinosum (Linnaeus, 1761)
AphiaID: 111600
AphiaID: 111600
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Bryozoa (Phylum) > Gymnolaemata (Class) > Ctenostomatida (Order) > Alcyonidiidae (Family) > Alcyonidium (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Alcyonidium J.V.F.Lamouroux, 1813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Alcyonidium reticulum Ryland & Porter, 2000 Halodactyle diaphane Van Beneden, 1845 (synonym) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 325-333 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Ryland J.S. & Porter J.S. (2003). The identity of Alcyonidium gelatinosum (Linnaeus, 1761) (Bryozoa: Ctenostomatida). Journal of Natural History 37 (18): 2179-2189 [details] additional source: De Blauwe, H. (2009). Mosdiertjes van de Zuidelijke Bocht van de Noordzee. Determinatiewerk voor België en Nederland. Uitgave Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee, Oostende: 464pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Faasse, M.A. & De Blauwe, H. (2004). Faunistisch overzicht van de mariene mosdiertjes van Nederland (Bryozoa: Stenolaemata, Gymnolaemata). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen 21: 17-54. [details] additional source: Ryland, J.S. & Porter, J.S. (2000). Alcyonidium reticulum sp. nov., a common intertidal bryozoan from south-west Britain. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 80: 563-564. [details] additional source: Redant, F. (1976). Epibenthos. In : Nihoul, J.C.J. & De Coninck, L (Ed.)(1976). Project Sea final report: 7. Inventory of fauna and flora. Project Sea final report, 7: 167-202. [details] additional source: Gordon, D. (2009). Bryozoa, Hemichordata. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Van Beneden, P.-J. (1845). Recherches sur l'anatomie, la physiologie et le développement des Bryozoaires qui habitent la côte d'Ostende. Nouveaux Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences et des Belles-Lettres de Bruxelles. In 4° XVIII: 1-44, plates I-V (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Alcyonidium gelatinosum anderssoni Abrikosov, 1932 Subspecies Alcyonidium gelatinosum cookae d'Hondt, 1983 Subspecies Alcyonidium gelatinosum diaphanum (Farre, 1837) Variety Alcyonidium gelatinosum var. lacourti d'Hondt, 1983 accepted as Alcyonidium diaphanum (Hudson, 1778) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Arctic Ocean [details] Belgian Coast (not valid) [details] British Isles [details] Calais [details] Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details] De Panne [details] Dutch Coast (not valid) [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Neeltje Jans [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostende [details] Schelphoek [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] USA [details] Wimereux [details] Yerseke [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (190 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Bryozoa Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: lower St. Lawrence estuary; Prince Edward Island (from the northern tip of Miscou Island, N.B. to Cape Breton Island south of Cheticamp, including the Northumberland Strait and Georges Bay to the Canso Strait causeway) [details] Habitat: intertidal and infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details] Identification: Often wrongly used for A. diaphanum [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Gordon, D.; Hayward, P. (2013). Alcyonidium gelatinosum. In: Bock, P.; Gordon, D. (2013) World List of Bryozoa. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=111600 on 2013-05-18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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