WoRMS taxon details

Discophyton rudyi (Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1992)

289828  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:289828)

accepted
Species
Alcyonium rudyi Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1992 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Alcyonium rudyi Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1992) Verseveldt, J.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (1992). New and redescribed species of Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 66(7): 155-181.
page(s): 170-173 [details]   
Holotype  (of Alcyonium rudyi Verseveldt & van Ofwegen,...  
Holotype (of Alcyonium rudyi Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1992) USNM 79391, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Discophyton rudyi (Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1992). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289828 on 2024-04-23
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2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
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2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
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original description  (of Alcyonium rudyi Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1992) Verseveldt, J.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (1992). New and redescribed species of Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 66(7): 155-181.
page(s): 170-173 [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., 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 Goddard, J. R. (2006). Stealthy slugs and communicating corals: polyp withdrawal by an aggregating soft coral in response to injured neighbors. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 84, 66-71
page(s): 66, 67-70 [details]   

new combination reference McFadden, C. S.; Hochberg, F. (2003). Biology and taxonomy of encrusting alcyoniid soft corals in the northeastern Pacific Ocean with descriptions of two new genera (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia). <em>Invertebrate Biology.</em> 122(2): 93-113., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2003.tb00076.x
page(s): 95-98 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype (of Alcyonium rudyi Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1992) USNM 79391, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SBMNH 145136, geounit Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SBMNH 345348, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SBMNH 345781, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Alcyonium rudyi Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1992) USNM 91932, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
LanguageName 
English white disc soft coral  [details]
French corail de Rudy  [details]