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Alcyonium lyncurium Linnaeus, 1767 
AphiaID: 189893

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Tethyidae (Family) > Alcyonium (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
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status
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Accepted name  Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766)
Rank Species
Parent Alcyonium sensu Pallas, 1766 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] [full text]

additional source: Olivi,G. 1792. (Alcyonium and Spongia) pp. 235-254 and 262-273 extracted from the book 'Zoologia Adriatica'. Bassano. [details] [full text]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Adriatic Sea [details]
East Mediterranean [details]
Note  Type locality: Mediterranean? [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:189893
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Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-09-05 12:45:22Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Alcyonium lyncurium Linnaeus, 1767. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=189893 on 2013-05-19
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