WoRMS taxon details
Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812
AphiaID: 125269
AphiaID: 125269
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Octocorallia (Subclass) > Alcyonacea (Order) > Alcyoniina (Suborder) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Alcyoniina | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
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: 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. (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Acrophytum Hickson, 1900 Genus Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Aldersladum Benayahu & McFadden, 2011 Genus Anthomastus Verrill, 1878 Genus Bathyalcyon Versluys, 1906 Genus Bellonella Gray, 1862 Genus Cladiella Gray, 1869 Genus Dampia Alderslade, 1983 Genus Dimorphophyton (Williams, 1988) Genus Discophyton McFadden & Hochberg, 2003 Genus Drifa Danielssen, 1886 Genus Elbeenus Alderslade, 2002 Genus Eleutherobia Puetter, 1900 Genus Heteropolypus Tixier-Durivault, 1964 Genus Inflatocalyx Genus Klyxum Alderslade, 2000 Genus Lampophyton Williams, 1986 Genus Lanthanocephalus Williams & Starmer, 2000 Genus Lithophyton Genus Litophyton Forskål, 1775 Genus Lobophytum Marenzeller, 1886 Genus Lobularia Savigny Genus Lohowia Alderslade, 2003 Genus Malacacanthus Thomson, 1910 Genus Minabea Utinomi, 1957 Genus Notodysiferus Alderslade, 2003 Genus Paraminabea Williams & Alderslade, 1999 Genus Parerythropodium Kuekenthal, 1916 Genus Protodendron Thomson & Dean, 1931 Genus Pseudoanthomastus Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974 Genus Rhytisma Alderslade, 2000 Genus Sarcophyton Lesson, 1834 Genus Sinularia May, 1898 Genus Skamnarium Alderslade, 2000 Genus Sphaeralcyon Lopez-Gonzalez & Gili, 2005 Genus Stereonephthya Kükenthal, 1905 Genus Thrombophyton Genus Umbellulifera Thomson & Dean, 1931 Genus Verseveldtia Williams, 1990 Genus Acrophyton accepted as Acrophytum Hickson, 1900 Genus Alcyonidium auct. accepted as Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Belonella accepted as Bellonella Gray, 1862 Genus Lithophytum Kükenthal, 1903 accepted as Lithophyton Genus Metalcyonium Pfeffer, 1889 accepted as Bellonella Gray, 1862 Genus Parethropodium accepted as Parerythropodium Kuekenthal, 1916 Genus Rhizalcyon Bayer, 1995 accepted as Gorgonia Linnaeus, 1758 Genus Sarcophytum accepted as Sarcophyton Lesson, 1834 Genus Sclerophytum accepted as Sinularia May, 1898 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125269 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2013). Alcyoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125269 on 2013-06-20 | ||||||||||||||
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