WoRMS name details
Alcyonium fulvum (Forskål, 1775)
287359 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287359)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Alcyonium fulvum var. fulvum (uncertain > unassessed)
- Variety Alcyonium fulvum var. sclera Cohn, 1908 accepted as Rhytisma fulvum (Forskål, 1775) (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Litophyton fulvum Forskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 139 [details]
page(s): 139 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Alcyonium fulvum (Forskål, 1775). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287359 on 2026-03-26
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(of Litophyton fulvum Forskål, 1775) Forskål P. (1775). Descriptiones Animalium, Avium, Amphibiorum, Piscium, Insectorum, Vermium; quae in Itinere Orientali Observavit Petrus Forskål. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia Medica Kahirina. Mölleri, Hafniae, 19 + xxxiv + 164 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2088059
page(s): 139 [details]
basis of record 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]
new combination reference Alderslade, P. (2000). Four new genera of soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), with notes on the classification of some established taxa. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 74: 237-249.
page(s): 237 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 139 [details]
basis of record 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]
new combination reference Alderslade, P. (2000). Four new genera of soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), with notes on the classification of some established taxa. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 74: 237-249.
page(s): 237 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Verseveldt, J. (1965). Report on the Octocorallia (Stolonifera and Alcyonacea) of the Israel south Red Sea expedition 1962, with notes on other collections from the Red Sea. <em>Sea Fish Research Station Haifa, Bulletin.</em> 40: 28-48, plate 1.
page(s): 29 [details]
additional source Thomson, J.A.; Mackinnon, D.L. (1910). Alcyonarians collected on the Percy Sladen Trust expedition by Mr. J. Stanley. Part II. The Stolonifera, Alcyonacea, Pseudaxonia, and Stelechotokea. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, ser. 2.</em> 13(2): 165-211, plates 6-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399076
page(s): 173 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1904). Uber einige Korallentiere des Roten Meeres. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 11(1): 31-58, plates 4-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39299864
page(s): 41-43 [details]
page(s): 29 [details]
additional source Thomson, J.A.; Mackinnon, D.L. (1910). Alcyonarians collected on the Percy Sladen Trust expedition by Mr. J. Stanley. Part II. The Stolonifera, Alcyonacea, Pseudaxonia, and Stelechotokea. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, ser. 2.</em> 13(2): 165-211, plates 6-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16399076
page(s): 173 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1904). Uber einige Korallentiere des Roten Meeres. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 11(1): 31-58, plates 4-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39299864
page(s): 41-43 [details]
