Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Octocorallia > Order Alcyonacea > Suborder Alcyoniina > Family Alcyoniidae

Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Alcyonium acaule Marion, 1878
Alcyonium coralloides (Pallas, 1766)
Alcyonium digitatum Linnaeus, 1758
Alcyonium glomeratum (Hassal, 1843)
Alcyonium hibernicum (Renouf, 1931)
Alcyonium palmatum Pallas, 1766

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 104-105
additional source	Verseveldt, J. (1971). Octocorallia from North-Western Madagascar (Part II). Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden, 117.

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase

External Links

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Citation

van Ofwegen, L. (2014). Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125284