WoRMS name details
Alcyonium massa Müller, 1776
1639942 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1639942)
uncertain
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 255 [details]
page(s): 255 [details]
WoRMS (2025). Alcyonium massa Müller, 1776. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1639942 on 2025-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 255 [details]
page(s): 255 [details]
Other
additional source
Müller, O.F. (1788). Zoologia Danica sev Animalivm Daniae et Norvegiae rariorvm ac minvs notorvm Descriptiones et Historia. <em>Volvmen Primvm Explicationi iconvm fascicvli primi.</em> Vol. 1 [1788]: i-v, 1-52, pls. 1-40; Vol. 2 [1788]: [1-3], 1-56, pls. 41-80; Vol. 3 [1789]: 1-71, pls. 81-120; Vol. 4 [1806]: [1-5], 1-46, pls. 121-160. Havniae [Copenhague], N. Möller [vol. 1-3], N. Chrstensen [vol. 4]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/49477
page(s): vol. 3, p. 1 [details]
additional source Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340.
page(s): 76 [details]
page(s): vol. 3, p. 1 [details]
additional source Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340.
page(s): 76 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Classification This is clearly a compound ascidian. [details]
