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Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812

125269  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125269)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Alcyoniidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Bellonelladae Gray, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (in part)
Lobulariadae Gray, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Genus Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Genus Anthothela Verrill, 1879
  3. Genus Bellonella Gray, 1862
  4. Genus Eleutherobia Pütter, 1900
  5. Genus Gersemia von Marenzeller, 1878
  6. Genus Hedera Conti-Jerpe & Freshwater, 2017
  7. Genus Kotatea Kessel, Alderslade, Bilewitch, Schnabel, Norman, Tekaharoa Potts & Gardner, 2022
  8. Genus Lateothela Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017
  9. Genus Ushanaia Kessel, Alderslade, Bilewitch, Schnabel, Norman, Tekaharoa Potts & Gardner, 2022
  10. Genus Alcyonidium auct. accepted as Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  11. Genus Anthozoanthus Deshays M.S. in Carter, 1870 accepted as Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  12. Genus Barathrobius Danielssen, 1887 accepted as Gersemia von Marenzeller, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  13. Genus Belonella Gray, 1862 accepted as Bellonella Gray, 1862 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  14. Genus Cereopsis Saville Kent, 1870 accepted as Bellonella Gray, 1862 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Genus Fulla Danielssen, 1887 accepted as Gersemia von Marenzeller, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  16. Genus Gersemiopsis Danielssen, 1887 accepted as Gersemia von Marenzeller, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Genus Iphethyrus W. Koch, 1886 accepted as Itephritus W. Koch, 1886 accepted as Bellonella Gray, 1862 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  18. Genus Iphythyrus W. Koch, 1886 accepted as Itephritus W. Koch, 1886 accepted as Bellonella Gray, 1862 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  19. Genus Itephritus W. Koch, 1886 accepted as Bellonella Gray, 1862 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  20. Genus Krystallofanes Danielssen, 1887 accepted as Gersemia von Marenzeller, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  21. Genus Metalcyonium Pfeffer, 1889 accepted as Bellonella Gray, 1862 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  22. Genus Muricellisis Kükenthal, 1915 accepted as Anthothela Verrill, 1879 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  23. Genus Nannodendron Danielssen, 1887 accepted as Gersemia von Marenzeller, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  24. Genus Organidus Danielssen, 1887 accepted as Gersemia von Marenzeller, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  25. Genus Parerythropodium Kükenthal, 1916 accepted as Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  26. Genus Parethropodium accepted as Parerythropodium Kükenthal, 1916 accepted as Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  27. Genus Pseudoalcyonium Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974 accepted as Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  28. Genus Rhodophyton Gray, 1865 accepted as Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  29. Genus Sarakka Danielssen, 1887 accepted as Gersemia von Marenzeller, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  30. Genus Voeringia Danielssen, 1887 accepted as Gersemia von Marenzeller, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  31. Genus Halcyonium represented as Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758
  32. Genus Chlorozoa Gray, 1869 (uncertain)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125269 on 2025-07-15
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2009-08-12 11:48:18Z
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db_admin
2010-09-14 06:31:48Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2022-11-04 22:11:55Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description (of Anthothelidae Broch, 1916) Broch, H. (1916). Alcyonarien. In: Results of Dr. E. Mjobergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. XI. <em>Kgl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handlingar.</em> 52 (11):1-48, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41923264 [details] 

original description (of Lobulariadae Gray, 1869) Gray, J.E. (1869). Notes on the fleshy alcyonoid corals (Alcyonium, Linn., or Zoophytaria carnosa). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4.</em> 3(13-18): 117-131., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24740479
page(s): 121 [details] 

original description (of Bellonelladae Gray, 1869) Gray, J.E. (1869). Notes on the fleshy alcyonoid corals (Alcyonium, Linn., or Zoophytaria carnosa). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4.</em> 3(13-18): 117-131., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24740479
page(s): 126 [details] 

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 42-43 [details] 

Other

additional source Hwang, S. J.; Song, J. I. (2007). Reproductive biology and larval development of the temperate soft coral Dendronephthya gigantea (Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae). Marine Biology, 152, 273-284
page(s): 274 [details] 

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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LanguageName 
English soft coralsalcyoniids  [details]
German WeichkorallenLederkorallen  [details]
Japanese ネジレヤギ科 [from synonym]ウミトサカ科  [details]
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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Anthothelidae Broch, 1916)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alcyoniidae) 
To Genbank 
To Genbank (from synonym Anthothelidae Broch, 1916)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 056566) 
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