Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata > Order Ctenostomatida > Family Alcyonidiidae > Genus Alcyonidium

Alcyonidium gelatinosum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alcyonidium*	J.V.F.Lamouroux, 1813	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Alcyonidium reticulum*	Ryland & Porter, 2000	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: gelatinøst lædermosdyr sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: doorschijnende zeevinger sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

English: jelly bryozoan sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

French: bryozoaire gélatineux sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

German: Gallert-Moostierchen; klammer Moostierchen

Literature

basis of record	Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, 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. 325-333
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	De Blauwe, H. (2009). Mosdiertjes van de Zuidelijke Bocht van de Noordzee. Determinatiewerk voor België en Nederland. Uitgave Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee, Oostende: 464pp.
additional source	Faasse, M.A. & De Blauwe, H. (2004). Faunistisch overzicht van de mariene mosdiertjes van Nederland (Bryozoa: Stenolaemata, Gymnolaemata). Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen 21: 17-54.
additional source	Ryland, J.S. & Porter, J.S. (2000). Alcyonidium reticulum sp. nov., a common intertidal bryozoan from south-west Britain. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 80: 563-564.
additional source	Redant, F. (1976). Epibenthos. In : Nihoul, J.C.J. & De Coninck, L (Ed.)(1976). Project Sea final report: 7. Inventory of fauna and flora. Project Sea final report, 7: 167-202.
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
additional source	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Ryland J.S. & Porter J.S. (2003). The identity of Alcyonidium gelatinosum (Linnaeus, 1761) (Bryozoa: Ctenostomatida). Journal of Natural History 37 (18): 2179-2189
additional source	Gordon, D.P.; Taylor, P.D.; Bigey, F.P. (2009). Phylum Bryozoa: moss animals, sea mats, lace corals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 271-297.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (190 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Bryozoa Collection
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gordon, D. (2014). Alcyonidium gelatinosum (Linnaeus, 1761). In: Bock, P.; Gordon, D. (2014) World List of Bryozoa. 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:111600