Deep-Sea name details
Alcyonium grandiflorum (Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974)
517611 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:517611)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Tixier-Durivault, A.; d'Hondt, M.J. (1974). Les octocoralliaires de la campagne Biacores. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 3.</em> 252: 1361-1433., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57268683
page(s): 1373-1375 [details]
page(s): 1373-1375 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Alcyonium grandiflorum (Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517611 on 2026-06-14
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Alcyonium grandiflorum (Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517611 on 2026-06-14
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(of ) Tixier-Durivault, A.; d'Hondt, M.J. (1974). Les octocoralliaires de la campagne Biacores. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 3.</em> 252: 1361-1433., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57268683
page(s): 1373-1375 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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
page(s): 181 [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 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Moore, K. M.; Alderslade, P.; Miller, K. J. (2017). A taxonomic revision of Anthothela (Octocorallia: Scleraxonia: Anthothelidae) and related genera, with the addition of new taxa, using morphological and molecular data. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4304(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4304.1.1 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 1373-1375 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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
page(s): 181 [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 [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Moore, K. M.; Alderslade, P.; Miller, K. J. (2017). A taxonomic revision of Anthothela (Octocorallia: Scleraxonia: Anthothelidae) and related genera, with the addition of new taxa, using morphological and molecular data. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4304(1): 1., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4304.1.1 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
