MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Paralcyoniidae Gray, 1869

WoRMS taxon details

Paralcyoniidae Gray, 1869

AphiaID

125282 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125282)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Typetaxon

Paralcyonium Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850

Parent

Malacalcyonacea

Synonymised names

Viguieriotidae · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Genus Ceeceenus van Ofwegen & Benayahu, 2006
Genus Dimorphophyton Williams, 2000
Genus Maasella Poche, 1914
Genus Nanalcyon Imahara, 2013
Genus Paralcyonium Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
Genus Studeriotes Thomson & Simpson, 1909
Genus Fascicularia Viguier, 1888 accepted as Maasella Poche, 1914 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Genus Studeria Thomson, 1908 accepted as Studeriotes Thomson & Simpson, 1909 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Genus Viguieriotes Bayer, 1954 accepted as Maasella Poche, 1914 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

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

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Paralcyoniidae Gray, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125282 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van Ofwegen, Leen

2009-08-17 07:26:35Z

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db_admin

2010-09-16 09:11:12Z

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van Ofwegen, Leen

2022-11-04 22:11:55Z

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McFadden, Cathy

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

original description (of Viguieriotidae) Bayer, F.M. (1954). New names for two genera of Octocorallia. Journal of the Washington Academy of Science. 44(9): 296., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/24533389?refreqid=excelsior%3A68b3955453afe683614bd1ffdf188b55 [details] Available for editors

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

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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

redescription McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 49 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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Japanese	カクレトサカ科	[details]

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