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Metalcyonium Pfeffer, 1889

291523  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291523)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Alcyoniidae (Family)
  8. Metalcyonium (Genus)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Metalcyonium capitatum Pfeffer, 1889 accepted as Bellonella capitata (Pfeffer, 1889) (type by subsequent designation)

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  1. Species Metalcyonium capitatum Pfeffer, 1889 accepted as Bellonella capitata (Pfeffer, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  2. Species Metalcyonium clavatum Pfeffer, 1889 accepted as Bellonella clavata (Pfeffer, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  3. Species Metalcyonium muricatum (Yamada, 1950) accepted as Alcyonium muricatum Yamada, 1950 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  4. Species Metalcyonium natalensis J.S. Thomson, 1910 accepted as Acrophytum claviger Hickson, 1900 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Species Metalcyonium novarae (Kükenthal, 1906) accepted as Alcyonium novarae Kükenthal, 1906 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  6. Species Metalcyonium pacificum (Yamada, 1950) accepted as Alcyonium pacificum Yamada, 1950 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  7. Species Metalcyonium patagonicum May, 1899 accepted as Alcyonium patagonicum (May, 1899) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  8. Species Metalcyonium unilobatum (J.S. Thomson, 1921) accepted as Pieterfaurea unilobata (J.S. Thomson, 1921) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  9. Species Metalcyonium variabile J.S. Thomson, 1921 accepted as Alcyonium variabile (J.S. Thomson, 1921) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  10. Species Metalcyonium verseveldti Benayahu, 1982 accepted as Ofwegenum verseveldti (Benayahu, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  11. Species Metalcyonium violaceum (Tixier-Durivault, 1955) accepted as Nidaliopsis violacea (Tixier-Durivault, 1955) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  12. Species Metalcyonium lanceatum J.S. Thomson, 1921 (uncertain)
  13. Species Metalcyonium molle Burchardt, 1902 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Pfeffer, G. (1889). Zur Fauna von Süd-Georgien. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten, 6 (2): 37-55.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7673735
page(s): 49 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Metalcyonium Pfeffer, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291523 on 2025-05-04
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2008-01-18 06:52:52Z
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Decock, Wim
2010-09-15 12:49:54Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2021-08-15 22:18:31Z
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McFadden, Cathy
2022-06-25 23:36:56Z
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McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description Pfeffer, G. (1889). Zur Fauna von Süd-Georgien. <em>Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten, 6 (2): 37-55.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7673735
page(s): 49 [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Williams, G.C. (1986). Morphology, systematics, and variability of the southern African soft coral, Alcyonium variabile (J. Stuart Thomson, 1921) (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 96(6): 241-270., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40658359
page(s): 263 [details] 

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Williams, G.C. (1986). A new species of the octocorallian genus Alcyonium (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea) from southern Africa, with a revised diagnosis of the genus. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 20: 53-63.
page(s): 61 [details] 

 
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