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WoRMS taxon details
Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 AphiaID: 125284
| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Genus |
| Parent | | Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812 |
Synonymised
taxa | |
Alcyonidium auct. (misspelling)
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| Sources | |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100
page(s): 803 [details]
basis of record: van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), 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. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record: Verseveldt, J. (1971). Octocorallia from North-Western Madagascar (Part II). Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden, 117. [details]
from synonym: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]
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[show all] | | Species Alcyonium acaule Marion, 1878
Species Alcyonium adriaticum Kükenthal, 1909
Species Alcyonium altum Tixier-Durivault, 1955
Species Alcyonium antarcticum Wright & studer, 1889
Species Alcyonium aspiculatum Tixier-Durivault, 1955
Species Alcyonium aurantiacum Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Species Alcyonium bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870)
Species Alcyonium bosphorense Tixier-Durivault, 1961
Species Alcyonium brioniense Kükenthal, 1907
Species Alcyonium caparti Tixier-Durivault, 1955
Species Alcyonium capitatum (Pfeffer, 1889)
Species Alcyonium catalai Tixier-Durivault, 1970
Species Alcyonium ceylonense May, 1899
Species Alcyonium clavatum Studer, 1890
Species Alcyonium compactofestucum Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1992
Species Alcyonium confertum Boone, 1938
Species Alcyonium coralloides (Pallas, 1766)
Species Alcyonium dendroides Thomson & Dean, 1931
Species Alcyonium digitatum Linnaeus, 1758
Species Alcyonium distinctum Williams, 1988
Species Alcyonium echinatum Tixier-Durivault, 1970
Species Alcyonium elegans (Kukenthal, 1902)
Species Alcyonium etheridgei Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911
Species Alcyonium faura J. S. Thomson, 1910
Species Alcyonium fauri Studer, 1910
Species Alcyonium flabellum Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Species Alcyonium foliatum J. S. Thomson, 1921
Species Alcyonium fulvum (Forskål, 1775)
Species Alcyonium fungiforme Tixier Durivault, 1954
Species Alcyonium glaciophilum van Ofwegen, Häussermann & Försterra, 2007
Species Alcyonium glomeratum (Hassal, 1843)
Species Alcyonium grandiflorum Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974
Species Alcyonium grandis Casas, Ramil & van Ofwegen, 1997
Species Alcyonium graniferum Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974
Species Alcyonium gruveli Tixier-Durivault, 1955
Species Alcyonium haddoni Wright & Studer, 1889
Species Alcyonium hibernicum (Renouf, 1931)
Species Alcyonium jorgei van Ofwegen, Häussermann & Försterra, 2007
Species Alcyonium laeve Tixier-Durivault, 1955
Species Alcyonium laxum Tixier-Durivault, 1955
Species Alcyonium luteum Tixier Durivault, 1954
Species Alcyonium manusdiaboli Linnaeus, 1767
Species Alcyonium maristenebrosi Stiasny, 1937
Species Alcyonium megasclerum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2007
Species Alcyonium miniatum Tixier-Durivault, 1955
Species Alcyonium monodi Tixier-Durivault, 1955
Species Alcyonium moriferum (Tixier-Durivault, 1954)
Species Alcyonium muricatum Yamada, 1950
Species Alcyonium pacificum Yamada, 1950
Species Alcyonium palmatum Pallas, 1766
Species Alcyonium patagonicum (May, 1899)
Species Alcyonium patulum Tixier-Durivault, 1955
Species Alcyonium paucilobulatum Casas, Ramil & van Ofwegen, 1997
Species Alcyonium pobeguini Tixier-Durivault, 1955
Species Alcyonium profundum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2007
Species Alcyonium repens Stiasny, 1941
Species Alcyonium reptans Kükenthal, 1906
Species Alcyonium robustum Utinomi, 1976
Species Alcyonium roseum van Ofwegen, Häussermann & Försterra, 2007
Species Alcyonium rotiferum Thomson, 1910
Species Alcyonium rubrum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2007
Species Alcyonium senegalense Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1992
Species Alcyonium sidereum Verrill, 1922
Species Alcyonium sollasi Wright & Studer, 1889
Species Alcyonium southgeorgiensis Casas, Ramil & van Ofwegen, 1997
Species Alcyonium spitzbergense Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1992
Species Alcyonium strictum Tixier-Durivault, 1955
Species Alcyonium submurale Ridley, 1883
Species Alcyonium valdiviae Kukenthal, 1906
Species Alcyonium verseveldti Benayahu, 1982
Species Alcyonium wilsoni (J.S. Thomson, 1921)
Species Alcyonium yepayek van Ofwegen, Häussermann & Försterra, 2007
Species Alcyonium incrustans (species inquirenda)
Species Alcyonium tomentosum (species inquirenda)
Species Alcyonium alta (Tixier-Durivault, 1955) accepted as Nidaliopsis alta (Tixier-Durivault, 1955)
Species Alcyonium complanatum (Verseveldt, 1977) accepted as Skamnarium complanatum (Verseveldt, 1977)
Species Alcyonium echinatum Fleming, 1828 accepted as Hydractinia echinata (Fleming, 1828)
Species Alcyonium echinatum (Tixier-Durivault, 1970) accepted as Klyxum echinatum (Tixier-Durivault, 1970)
Species Alcyonium equisetiform (Luttschwager, 1922) accepted as Klyxum equisetiform (Luttschwager, 1922)
Species Alcyonium flaccidum Tixier-Durivault, 1966 accepted as Klyxum flaccidum (Tixier-Durivault, 1966)
Species Alcyonium globusum Tixier-Durivault, 1955 accepted as Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776)
Species Alcyonium gracillimum Kükenthal, 1906 accepted as Scleronephthya gracillimum (Kükenthal, 1906)
Species Alcyonium khoisanianum Williams, 1988 accepted as Pieterfaurea khoisaniana (Williams, 1988)
Species Alcyonium legitimum Tixier-Durivault, 1970 accepted as Klyxum legitimum (Tixier-Durivault, 1970)
Species Alcyonium molle Thomson & Dean, 1931 accepted as Klyxum molle (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
Species Alcyonium monticulum Verseveldt, 1982 accepted as Rhytisma monticulum (Verseveldt, 1982)
Species Alcyonium mutabiliforme Williams, 1988 accepted as Dimorphophyton mutabiliforme (Williams, 1988)
Species Alcyonium okinawanum (Utinomi, 1976) accepted as Klyxum okinawanum (Utinomi, 1976)
Species Alcyonium paessleri May, 1899 accepted as Alcyonium antarcticum Wright & studer, 1889
Species Alcyonium planiceps Williams, 1986 accepted as Lampophyton planiceps (Williams, 1986)
Species Alcyonium rotundum Thomson & Dean, 1931 accepted as Klyxum rotundum (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
Species Alcyonium rubrotincta Thomson & Henderson, 1905 accepted as Pseudopterogorgia rubrotincta (Thomson & Henderson, 1905)
Species Alcyonium rudyi Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1992 accepted as Discophyton rudyi (Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1992)
Species Alcyonium simplex Thomson & Dean, 1931 accepted as Klyxum simplex (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
Species Alcyonium utinomii Verseveldt, 1971 accepted as Klyxum utinomii (Verseveldt, 1971)
Species Alcyonium variabile (J.S. Thomson, 1921) accepted as Eleutherobia variabile (Thomson, 1921)
Species Alcyonium violaceum Tixier-Durivault, 1955 accepted as Nidaliopsis violacea (Tixier-Durivault, 1955)
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| Environment | | marine |
| Distribution | | Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
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| Feedingtype | |
suspension feeder [details]
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| Host of | |
Enalcyonium carrikeri Dudley, 1973 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
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| Links | | Published in AlgaeBase 
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| Images | | 
Pantopod feeding on Alcyonium 2
added on 2006-07-27 - author: Stefano Schiaparelli
qualitystatus: not checked |
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Pantopod feeding on Alcyonium
added on 2006-07-27 - author: Stefano Schiaparelli
qualitystatus: not checked |
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125284 |
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| | | Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125284 on 2013-05-19 |
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