MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Paralcyonium Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850

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Paralcyonium Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850

AphiaID

125328 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125328)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon of

Paralcyoniidae Gray, 1869

Parent

Paralcyoniidae Gray, 1869

Direct children (3)

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Species Paralcyonium spinulosum (Delle Chiaje, 1822)
Species Paralcyonium Edwardsii de Lacaze-Duthiers, 1888 accepted as Maasella edwardsii (de Lacaze-Duthiers, 1888) (original combination)
Species Paralcyonium elegans Milne Edwards, 1857 accepted as Paralcyonium spinulosum (Delle Chiaje, 1822) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1850-1854). A monograph of the British fossil Corals. The Palaeontographical Society, London. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society. 1 : i-lxxxv, 1-72, pls. 1-11; 2: 73-146, pls. 12-30; 3: 147-210, pls. 31-46; 4: i-xvi, 211-244, pls. 47-56; 5: 245-322, pls. 57-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12089108
page(s): lxxviii [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Paralcyonium Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125328 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Ofwegen, Leen

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

Licensing

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original description Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1850-1854). A monograph of the British fossil Corals. The Palaeontographical Society, London. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society. 1 : i-lxxxv, 1-72, pls. 1-11; 2: 73-146, pls. 12-30; 3: 147-210, pls. 31-46; 4: i-xvi, 211-244, pls. 47-56; 5: 245-322, pls. 57-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12089108
page(s): lxxviii [details]

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]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Weinberg, S. (1977). Revision of the common Octocorallia of the Mediterranean circalittoral II. Alcyonacea. Beaufortia. 25(326): 131-166., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/505058
page(s): 156-163 [details]

additional source Utinomi, H. (1958). A revision of the genera Nidalia and Bellonella with an emendation of nomenclature and taxonomic definitions for the family Nidaliidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology. 5(5): 101-121., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2342008
page(s): 118 [details]

additional source Hickson, S. J. (1930). On the classification of the Alcyonaria. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, XIV, 229-252
page(s): 245 [details]

additional source Imahara, Y. (2006). Preliminary report on the alcyonacean and pennatulacean octocorals collected by the natural history research of the Sagami Sea. Memoirs of the National Science Museum (Tokyo) [Kokuritsu Kagaku Hakubutsukan], 40, 91-101
page(s): 99 [details]

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Japanese	カクレトサカ属	[details]

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Paralcyonium)
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