WoRMS taxon details
Acrophytum claviger Hickson, 1900
213048 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213048)
accepted
Species
Acrophyton claviger Hickson, 1900 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Metalcyonium natalensis J.S. Thomson, 1910 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Hickson, S. J. (1900). The Alcyonaria and Hydrocorallinae of the Cape of Good Hope. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 1: 67-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12040386
page(s): 74-77 [details]
page(s): 74-77 [details]
Lectotype BMNH BM.1901.7.6.2
Lectotype BMNH BM.1901.7.6.2 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Acrophytum claviger Hickson, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213048 on 2024-04-20
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original description
Hickson, S. J. (1900). The Alcyonaria and Hydrocorallinae of the Cape of Good Hope. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 1: 67-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12040386
page(s): 74-77 [details]
original description (of Metalcyonium natalensis J.S. Thomson, 1910) Thomson, J.S. (1910). The Alcyonaria of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal. Alcyonacea. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 47(3): 549-589, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41731265
page(s): 559-562 [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
[request]
additional source Williams, G.C. (2000). Two new genera of soft corals (Anthozoa: Alcyoniidae) from South Africa, with a discussion of diversity and endemism in the Southern African octocorallian fauna. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 52(6): 65-75.
page(s): 71 [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): 13, 14 [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 266-271 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). Revision of the soft coral genus Minabea (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) with new taxa from the Indo-West Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 48(1): 1-26.
page(s): 23 [details]
additional source 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): 170-171 [details]
additional source Broch, H. (1939). Some South African shallow water octactinians. <em>Kungl. Fysiografiska Sallkapets. i Lund Forhandlingar.</em> 9(6): 48-79.
page(s): 58 [details]
additional source Benham, W.B. (1928). On some alcyonarians from New Zealand waters. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 59: 67-84., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_59/rsnz_59_01_000670.pdf
page(s): 80 [details]
redescription Alderslade, P. (1985). Redescription of Acrophytum claviger (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>The Beagle, Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 2(1): 105-113. [details]
page(s): 74-77 [details]
original description (of Metalcyonium natalensis J.S. Thomson, 1910) Thomson, J.S. (1910). The Alcyonaria of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal. Alcyonacea. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 47(3): 549-589, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41731265
page(s): 559-562 [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
[request] additional source Williams, G.C. (2000). Two new genera of soft corals (Anthozoa: Alcyoniidae) from South Africa, with a discussion of diversity and endemism in the Southern African octocorallian fauna. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 52(6): 65-75.
page(s): 71 [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): 13, 14 [details] Available for editors
[request] 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): 266-271 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). Revision of the soft coral genus Minabea (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) with new taxa from the Indo-West Pacific. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 48(1): 1-26.
page(s): 23 [details]
additional source 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): 170-171 [details]
additional source Broch, H. (1939). Some South African shallow water octactinians. <em>Kungl. Fysiografiska Sallkapets. i Lund Forhandlingar.</em> 9(6): 48-79.
page(s): 58 [details]
additional source Benham, W.B. (1928). On some alcyonarians from New Zealand waters. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 59: 67-84., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_59/rsnz_59_01_000670.pdf
page(s): 80 [details]
redescription Alderslade, P. (1985). Redescription of Acrophytum claviger (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>The Beagle, Occasional Papers of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences.</em> 2(1): 105-113. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype BMNH BM.1901.7.6.2 [details]
Nontype SAfM H1039 [details]
Nontype SAfM H1039, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H910, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H911, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paralectotype MM 1622, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paralectotype SAfM H967, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
