Deep-Sea taxon details
Alcyonium bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870)
287347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287347)
accepted
Species
Bellonella bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870) · unaccepted (changed combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Saville Kent, W. (1870). On two new genera of alcyonoid corals, taken in the recent expedition of the yacht "Norma" off the coast of Spain and Portugal. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> new series, 10: 397-399., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13720261
page(s): 398 [details]
page(s): 398 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Alcyonium bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287347 on 2026-07-04
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Alcyonium bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287347 on 2026-07-04
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(of ) Saville Kent, W. (1870). On two new genera of alcyonoid corals, taken in the recent expedition of the yacht "Norma" off the coast of Spain and Portugal. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> new series, 10: 397-399., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13720261
page(s): 398 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Stokvis, F.R.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2006). New and redescribed encrusting species of Alcyonium from the Atlantic Ocean (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 80(4), 165-183., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/38072
page(s): 165, 174 [details] Available for editors
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 47, 51 [details]
additional source McFadden, C.S. (1999). Genetic and taxonomic relationships among northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean populations of the soft coral Alcyonium corallioides. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 133: 171-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270050456 [details]
page(s): 398 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Stokvis, F.R.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2006). New and redescribed encrusting species of Alcyonium from the Atlantic Ocean (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 80(4), 165-183., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/38072
page(s): 165, 174 [details] Available for editors
additional source Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4363633
page(s): 47, 51 [details]
additional source McFadden, C.S. (1999). Genetic and taxonomic relationships among northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean populations of the soft coral Alcyonium corallioides. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 133: 171-184., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s002270050456 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Bellonella bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870)) BMNH, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype (of Bellonella bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870)) MNHN [details]
Nontype (of Bellonella bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870)) MNHN [details]
Nontype (of Bellonella bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870)) MNHN, geounit Ghanaian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Bellonella bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870)) SMF 4944 [details]
Syntype (of Bellonella bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870)) BMNH 1872.2.3.121 [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Bellonella bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alcyonium bocagei)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Bellonella bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Bellonella bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Bellonella bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alcyonium bocagei)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Bellonella bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Bellonella bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870))
