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Alcyonidium gelatinosum (Linnaeus, 1761) 
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
 
Language   Name 
Danish gelatinøst lædermosdyr  [details]
Dutch doorschijnende zeevinger  [details]
English jelly bryozoan  [details]
French bryozoaire gélatineux  [details]
German Gallert-Moostierchen  [details]
German klammer Moostierchen  [details]
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taxa

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 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]
Images 
Van Beneden (1845, pl. 5)
Van Beneden (1845, pl. 5)
added on 2008-05-06 - author: P.J. Van Beneden
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111600
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hayward, Peter
2005-02-01 08:42:39Z  checked  Gordon, Dennis
  
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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 2013-05-23
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