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Alcyonium ficus sensu Linnaeus, 1767 
AphiaID: 246073

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Tethyidae (Family) > Alcyonium (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (misapplied name)
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Accepted name  Suberites ficus (Johnston, 1842)
Rank Species
Parent Alcyonium sensu Pallas, 1766 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815
Source  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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Europe [details]
Note  This is not Alcyonium ficus Pallas, 1766. Conspecificity with Suberites ficus sensu Johnston, 1842 is uncertain. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246073
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2007-09-01 17:52:24Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Alcyonium ficus sensu 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=246073 on 2013-06-19
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