WoRMS taxon details
Alcyonium digitatum Linnaeus, 1758
AphiaID: 125333
AphiaID: 125333
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniina (Suborder) > Alcyoniidae (Family) > Alcyonium (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Lobularia digitata (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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] additional source: Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details] additional source: Watling, L., P. Auster (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium, Erlangen, Germany, September 2003. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp 279-296. [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: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [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) page(s): 803 [details] basis of record (from synonym): Westendorp, G.D. (1843). Recherches sur les Polypiers flexibles de la Belgique, et particulièrement des environs d'Ostende. Annales de la Société Médico-Chirurgicale de Bruges IV: 5-48, 1 plate (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Atlantic [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Canada [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] East Atlantic [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Helgoland [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] North East Atlantic [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostende [details] Oosterschelde [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Wimereux [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | carnivore [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Enalcyonium forbesi (T. Scott, 1901) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Enalcyonium forbesi (T. Scott, 1901) (parasitic: endoparasitic) Enalcyonium olssoni (Zulueta, 1908) (parasitic: endoparasitic) Enalcyonium rubicundum Olsson, 1869 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Enalcyonium rubicundum Olsson, 1869 (parasitic: endoparasitic) Critomolgus bulbipes (Stock & Kleeton, 1963) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Acontiophorus armatus Brady, 1880 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lamippe olssoni Zulueta, 1908 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lamippe forbesi Scott T., 1901 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Lamippe rubicunda (Olsson, 1869) (parasitic: ectoparasitic) Alcyonicola fusiformis Scott T. & Scott A., 1895 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | BIOTIC Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (400 publications) To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (132 nucleotides; 9 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Generally, anthozoans are primarly carnivorous which prey on sea urchins, gastropods, bivalves, or crustaceans that crawl or swim into their grasp. [details] Distribution: Cape Hatteras to Bay of Fundy [details] Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details] Habitat: sandy, muddy, or rocky habitats; also may attached themselves to hard parts or products of other organisms (shells) [details] Reproduction: sexes are separate, but protogynous hermaphroditism also occurs (female gametes are matured before male elements in the same individual) [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Alcyonium digitatum Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125333 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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