WoRMS name details

Alcyonium carneum Verrill, 1864

1345159  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1345159)

  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 carneum (Species)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Halcyonium carneum Agassiz, 1850 · unaccepted (homonym (= Ascidia carneum...)  
homonym (= Ascidia carneum Agassiz, 1850)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A.E. (1864). Revision of the *Polypi* of the eastern coast of the United States. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43823403
page(s): 4; note: Verrill cites Halcyonium carneum of Agassiz, 1850, but that species appears to be an ascidian [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Alcyonium carneum Verrill, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1345159 on 2025-05-05
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2019-05-08 21:39:16Z
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2020-11-08 17:42:11Z
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2023-08-27 20:32:48Z
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Nomenclature

original description Verrill, A.E. (1864). Revision of the *Polypi* of the eastern coast of the United States. <em>Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1-45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43823403
page(s): 4; note: Verrill cites Halcyonium carneum of Agassiz, 1850, but that species appears to be an ascidian [details] 

basis of record Utinomi, H. (1961). A revision of the nomenclature of the family Nephtheidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). II. The boreal genera Gersemia, Duva, Drifa and Pseudodrifa (n.g.). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> IX(1): 229-246, pl. XI., available online at https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/174655/1/fia0091_229.pdf
page(s): 235 [details] 


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