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Alcyonium variabile (J.S. Thomson, 1921)

To MNHN Type collection (IK 2000-129)
To MNHN Type collection (IK 2000-129)

212098  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212098)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Alcyoniidae (Family)
  8. Alcyonium (Genus)
  9. Alcyonium variabile (Species)
accepted
Species
Alcyonium fungiforme Tixier-Durivault, 1954 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Alcyonium luteum Tixier-Durivault, 1954 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Eleutherobia variabile (J.S. Thomson, 1921) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Metalcyonium variabile J.S. Thomson, 1921 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Metalcyonium variabile J.S. Thomson, 1921) Thomson, J.S. (1921). South African Alcyonacea. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> 9(2): 149-175, plates 5-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47227632
page(s): 162-167 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Alcyonium variabile (J.S. Thomson, 1921). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212098 on 2025-05-10
Date
action
by
1998-11-12 13:16:11Z
created
Fondo, Esther
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
changed
van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
checked
van Ofwegen, Leen
2019-04-26 15:24:51Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2020-11-06 23:09:00Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2021-08-15 22:18:31Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description (of Alcyonium fungiforme 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): 385-390., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54823606
page(s): 385-388 [details] 

original description (of Metalcyonium variabile J.S. Thomson, 1921) Thomson, J.S. (1921). South African Alcyonacea. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> 9(2): 149-175, plates 5-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47227632
page(s): 162-167 [details] 

original description (of Alcyonium luteum 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): 385-390., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54823606
page(s): 388-390 [details] 

original description (of Metalcyonium variabile var. molle J.S. Thomson, 1921) Thomson, J.S. (1921). South African Alcyonacea. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> 9(2): 149-175, plates 5-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47227632
page(s): 162-165 [details] 

original description (of Metalcyonium variabile var. durum J.S. Thomson, 1921) Thomson, J.S. (1921). South African Alcyonacea. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> 9(2): 149-175, plates 5-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47227632
page(s): 165-167 [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 [request]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy 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] 

redescription Williams, G.C. (1986). Morphology, systematics, and variability of the southern African soft coral, Alcyonium variabile (J. Stuart Thomson, 1921) (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 96(6): 241-270., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40658359 [details] 

status source McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2013). Molecular phylogenetic evidence supports a new family of octocorals and a new genus of Alcyoniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Zookeys.</em> 346: 59-83.
page(s): 65 [details] 

Other

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

additional source Casas, C.; Ramil, F.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (1997). Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the Scotia Arc, South Atlantic Ocean. I. The genus Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 71, 299-311.
page(s): 302 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source 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): 161 [details] 

additional source 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): 295-298 [details] 

additional source 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): 387-388 [details] 

additional source Williams, G.C. (1987). The aberrant and monotypic soft coral genus Malacacanthus Thomson, 1910 (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) endemic to southern Africa. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 21: 1337-1346.
page(s): 1341 [details] 

additional source Williams, G.C. (1986). A new species of the octocorallian genus Alcyonium (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea) from southern Africa, with a revised diagnosis of the genus. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 20: 53-63.
page(s): 53, 61 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype SAfM H1040, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H1042, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype SAfM H3165, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3166, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3166, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3167, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3167, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3245, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3271, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3602, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3770, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H895, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H924, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type SAfM H883, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
    Definitions

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To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Alcyonium fungiforme Tixier-Durivault, 1954)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Metalcyonium variabile J.S. Thomson, 1921)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Alcyonium luteum Tixier-Durivault, 1954)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alcyonium variabile) 
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins) 
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Metalcyonium variabile J.S. Thomson, 1921)
To MNHN Type collection (IK 2000-129) (from synonym Alcyonium luteum Tixier-Durivault, 1954)
To MNHN Type collection (IK 2000-62) (from synonym Alcyonium fungiforme Tixier-Durivault, 1954)
From editor or global species database
To MNHN Type collection (IK 2000-129)
To MNHN Type collection (IK 2000-129)
Hosted externally, from synonym
To MNHN Type collection (IK 2000-62)
To MNHN Type collection (IK 2000-62)
Hosted externally, from synonym

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