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Porifera name details

Alcyonium cydonium Linnaeus, 1767

189887  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:189887)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Alcyoniidae (Family)
  8. Alcyonium (Genus)
  9. Alcyonium cydonium (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1295 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in North Sea  
type locality contained in North Sea [details]
Porifera (2025). Alcyonium cydonium Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=189887 on 2025-06-01
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2005-12-18 15:00:44Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-09-05 17:42:47Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2010-08-08 14:59:31Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2016-09-28 06:42:32Z
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Cárdenas, Paco
2016-10-23 13:49:21Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2023-11-10 04:04:26Z
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McFadden, Cathy

original description Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1295 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Jameson, R. (1811). Catalogue of animals of the class Vermes found in the Firth of Forth, and other parts of Scotland, in: (1811). Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural-History Society 1. pp. 556-565 (Edinburgh, Neill & Co.) (look up in IMIS)
note: Just a list [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Hartmeyer, R. (1916). Zur Deutung einiger Alcyonium-Arten. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellsch. naturf. Freunde, Berlin. 8: 245-259.
page(s): 248-249 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Müller, O.F. (1788). Zoologia Danica sev Animalivm Daniae et Norvegiae rariorvm ac minvs notorvm Descriptiones et Historia. Volvmen Primvm Explicationi iconvm fascicvli primi. Vol. 1 [1788]: i-v, 1-52, pls. 1-40; Vol. 2 [1788]: [1-3], 1-56, pls. 41-80; Vol. 3 [1789]: 1-71, pls. 81-120; Vol. 4 [1806]: [1-5], 1-46, pls. 121-160. Havniae [Copenhague], N. Möller [vol. 1-3], N. Chrstensen [vol. 4]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/49477
page(s): vol. 3, 1-2; note: Misapplication, the image is clearly an octocoral, probably Alcyonium digitatum. [details] OpenAccess publication
 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
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  • Type locality
  • type locality contained in North Sea [details]
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Identification Pallas' Alcyonium cotoneum is a senior synonym and has priority over Linnaeus' name, but Pallas' name has not been used after 1899 and became a nomen oblitum (ICZN art. 23.9.1-2). [details]
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