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Octocorallia name details

Alcyonium moriferum (Tixier-Durivault, 1954)

212089  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212089)

 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Nidalia morifera Tixier-Durivault, 1954) Tixier-Durivault, A. (1954). Les Octocoralliaires d'Afrique du Sud (I. Alcyonacea). <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 26(1): 124-129., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54823119
page(s): 128-129 [details] 
Holotype  SAfM H3765, geounit South African Exclusive...  
Holotype SAfM H3765, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Alcyonium moriferum (Tixier-Durivault, 1954). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/octocorallia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212089 on 2025-06-06
Date
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1998-11-12 13:16:11Z
created
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
changed
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
checked
2013-11-05 14:55:22Z
changed
2019-05-03 15:55:59Z
changed
2020-11-13 23:22:39Z
changed
2022-06-25 23:36:56Z
changed

original description (of Nidalia morifera Tixier-Durivault, 1954) Tixier-Durivault, A. (1954). Les Octocoralliaires d'Afrique du Sud (I. Alcyonacea). <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 26(1): 124-129., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54823119
page(s): 128-129 [details] 

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

basis of record Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source 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 Williams, G.C. (1988). Four new species of southern African octocorals (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea), with a further diagnostic revision of the genus Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 92: 1-26.
page(s): 7 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

new combination reference Williams, G.C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 100: 249-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41110040
page(s): 284-286 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype SAfM H3765, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H1271, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H1581, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3826, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3827, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

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