WoRMS name details
Alcyonium rudyi Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1992
291762 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291762)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verseveldt, J.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (1992). New and redescribed species of Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 66(7): 155-181.
page(s): 170-173 [details]
page(s): 170-173 [details]
Holotype USNM 79391, geounit United States Exclusive...
Holotype USNM 79391, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Alcyonium rudyi Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291762 on 2026-02-26
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Nomenclature
original description
Verseveldt, J.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (1992). New and redescribed species of Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 66(7): 155-181.
page(s): 170-173 [details]
page(s): 170-173 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (2000). A new genus and species of stoloniferous octocoral (Anthozoa: Clavulariidae) from the Pacific coast of North America. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 73(24): 333-343., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/216181
page(s): 342 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bastidas, C.; Benzie, J. A. H.; Uthicke, S.; Fabricius, K. (2001). Genetic differentiation among populations of a broadcast spawning soft coral, Sinularia flexibilis, on the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Biology, 138, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270000480
page(s): 524 [details]
additional source McFadden, C. S.; Donahue, R.; Hadland, B. K.; Weston, R. (2001). A molecular phylogenetic analysis of reproductive trait evolution in the soft coral genus Alcyonium. Evolution, 55(1): 54-67, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb01272.x
page(s): 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63 [details]
additional source McFadden, C. S. (1997). Contributions of sexual and asexual reproduction to population structure in the clonal soft coral, Alcyonium rudyi. Evolution, 51(1): 112-126, available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2410965
page(s): 112-124 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (2000). A new genus and species of stoloniferous octocoral (Anthozoa: Clavulariidae) from the Pacific coast of North America. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 73(24): 333-343., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/216181
page(s): 342 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bastidas, C.; Benzie, J. A. H.; Uthicke, S.; Fabricius, K. (2001). Genetic differentiation among populations of a broadcast spawning soft coral, Sinularia flexibilis, on the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Biology, 138, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270000480
page(s): 524 [details]
additional source McFadden, C. S.; Donahue, R.; Hadland, B. K.; Weston, R. (2001). A molecular phylogenetic analysis of reproductive trait evolution in the soft coral genus Alcyonium. Evolution, 55(1): 54-67, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb01272.x
page(s): 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63 [details]
additional source McFadden, C. S. (1997). Contributions of sexual and asexual reproduction to population structure in the clonal soft coral, Alcyonium rudyi. Evolution, 51(1): 112-126, available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2410965
page(s): 112-124 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
