World Porifera Database - Species - Alcyonium boletus Lamarck, 1815

Porifera name details

Alcyonium boletus Lamarck, 1815

AphiaID

189901 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:189901)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Thorectandra boletus (Lamarck, 1815)

Rank

Species

Parent

Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Alcyonium boletus Lamarck, 1815

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Australian Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

, Note Australia

Unreviewed

Type locality Australia [details]

Taxonomic citation

Porifera (2025). Alcyonium boletus Lamarck, 1815. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=189901 on 2026-08-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-07-20 12:55:31Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2016-10-23 13:49:21Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2023-11-10 04:04:26Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

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original description Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details]

basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. In: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Holotype MNHN [details]

Type locality Australia [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)