WoRMS name details
Alcyonium incrustans Esper, 1806
151647 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151647)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Esper, E.J.C. (1806). Die Pflanzentiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erieuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Pars III, Lfg. 1 (13) und 2 (14). Nürnburg, 1805. 3 : (25-30,32-38,63-66).
page(s): 47, pl. XV [details]
page(s): 47, pl. XV [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Alcyonium incrustans Esper, 1806. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151647 on 2024-09-23
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Esper, E.J.C. (1806). Die Pflanzentiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erieuchtet, nebst Beschreibungen. Pars III, Lfg. 1 (13) und 2 (14). Nürnburg, 1805. 3 : (25-30,32-38,63-66).
page(s): 47, pl. XV [details]
basis of record Westendorp, G.D. (1843). Recherches sur les Polypiers flexibles de la Belgique, et particulièrement des environs d'Ostende. <i>Annales de la Société Médico-Chirurgicale de Bruges IV</i>: 5-48, 1 plate (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 47, pl. XV [details]
basis of record Westendorp, G.D. (1843). Recherches sur les Polypiers flexibles de la Belgique, et particulièrement des environs d'Ostende. <i>Annales de la Société Médico-Chirurgicale de Bruges IV</i>: 5-48, 1 plate (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Classification Bakus (1966: 494) erroneously assigned Esper's A. incrustans to be a senior synonym of the sponge Halichondria incrustans Johnston, 1842, now generally confirmed as Myxilla (Myxilla) incrustans, a common species in NW European shallow waters. Esper's (1829-30) plate XV clearly shows that his specimen is a tunicate, but so far no known species of that group have been identified as a likely candidate. [details]