UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO)

WoRMS name details

Metalcyonium Pfeffer, 1889

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Bellonella Gray, 1862

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Metalcyonium capitatum Pfeffer, 1889 accepted as Bellonella capitata (Pfeffer, 1889) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812

Original name

Metalcyonium Pfeffer, 1889

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Species Metalcyonium capitatum Pfeffer, 1889 accepted as Bellonella capitata (Pfeffer, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Metalcyonium clavatum Pfeffer, 1889 accepted as Bellonella clavata (Pfeffer, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Metalcyonium muricatum (Yamada, 1950) accepted as Alcyonium muricatum Yamada, 1950 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Metalcyonium natalensis J.S. Thomson, 1910 accepted as Acrophytum claviger Hickson, 1900 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Metalcyonium novarae (Kükenthal, 1906) accepted as Alcyonium novarae Kükenthal, 1906 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Metalcyonium pacificum (Yamada, 1950) accepted as Alcyonium pacificum Yamada, 1950 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Metalcyonium patagonicum May, 1899 accepted as Alcyonium patagonicum (May, 1899) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Metalcyonium unilobatum (J.S. Thomson, 1921) accepted as Pieterfaurea unilobata (J.S. Thomson, 1921) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Metalcyonium variabile J.S. Thomson, 1921 accepted as Alcyonium variabile (J.S. Thomson, 1921) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Metalcyonium verseveldti Benayahu, 1982 accepted as Ofwegenum verseveldti (Benayahu, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Metalcyonium violaceum (Tixier-Durivault, 1955) accepted as Nidaliopsis violacea (Tixier-Durivault, 1955) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Metalcyonium lanceatum J.S. Thomson, 1921 (uncertain)
Species Metalcyonium molle Burchardt, 1902 (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

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

Original description

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

Taxonomic citation

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

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-18 06:52:52Z

created

Decock, Wim

2010-09-15 12:49:54Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

2021-08-15 22:18:31Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2022-06-25 23:36:56Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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Sources (5)
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Nomenclature

original description Pfeffer, G. (1889). Zur Fauna von Süd-Georgien. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten, 6 (2): 37-55. , 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). Annals of the South African Museum. 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. Journal of Natural History. 20: 53-63.
page(s): 61 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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