MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Alcyonidiidae Johnston, 1837

WRiMS taxon details

Alcyonidiidae Johnston, 1837

AphiaID

110783 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:110783)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Alcyonidioidea Johnston, 1838

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Genus Alcyonidium Lamouroux, 1813

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Johnston, G. (1837). A history of British Zoophytes. W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh, London & Dublin. 1-341., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.117388
page(s): 300; note: As Alcyonidulae [details]

Taxonomic citation

WRiMS (2025). Alcyonidiidae Johnston, 1837. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110783 on 2025-04-04

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Alcyonidiidae Johnston, 1837. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/introduced%20/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110783 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hayward, Peter

2007-02-06 09:57:33Z

changed

Reverter Gil, Oscar

2014-12-03 04:40:11Z

changed

Bock, Phil

2019-01-07 20:52:42Z

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Bock, Phil

2019-09-04 10:27:52Z

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Bock, Phil

2022-05-25 23:17:42Z

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Bock, Phil

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original description Johnston, G. (1837). A history of British Zoophytes. W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh, London & Dublin. 1-341., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.117388
page(s): 300; note: As Alcyonidulae [details]

taxonomy source Williams, R. B. (2018). Determination of the publication date of George Johnston's “A catalogue of the zoophytes of Berwickshire”, with nomenclatural consequences for some cnidarian and bryozoan family‐groups. Zoological Bibliography. 6(5): 49-53., available online at http://www.avespress.com/featured-periodicals [details]

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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Reverter Gil, Oscar (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors