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Alcyonium glomeratum (Hassal, 1843) 
AphiaID: 132159

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		  Alcyonidium glomeratum Hassell, 1843 (misspelling)
Sources  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: L.P. van Ofwegen, S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds), 2000-2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [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: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Coast of England [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Coast of England [details]
West Coast of Scotland [details]
Feedingtype  suspension feeder [details]
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 
Alcyonium glomeratum, Axinella dissimilis and Holothuria forskali
Alcyonium glomeratum, Axinella dissimilis and Holothuria forskali
added on 2005-12-22 - author: B.E. Picton
qualitystatus: checked by van Ofwegen, Leen on 2012-11-22 11:29:56

Alcyonium glomeratum
Alcyonium glomeratum
added on 2008-11-07 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked

Alcyonium glomeratum
Alcyonium glomeratum
added on 2011-11-01 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132159
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Ofwegen, Leen
2005-02-06 14:31:04Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2005-02-07 12:58:14Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  changed  van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z  checked  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Alcyonium glomeratum (Hassal, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132159 on 2013-05-22
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