WoRMS name details

Alcyonium purpureum Hickson, 1904

1343671  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1343671)

 unaccepted (pre-occupied)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Hickson, S.J. (1904). The Alcyonaria of the Cape of Good Hope, Part II. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 3: 211-239, plates 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2188463
page(s): 215-217 [details]   
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Alcyonium purpureum Hickson, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1343671 on 2024-03-28
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original description Hickson, S.J. (1904). The Alcyonaria of the Cape of Good Hope, Part II. <em>Marine Investigations in South Africa.</em> 3: 211-239, plates 7-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2188463
page(s): 215-217 [details]   

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

basis of record McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2017). Revisionary systematics of the endemic soft coral fauna (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniina) of the Agulhas Bioregion, South Africa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4363(4): 451-488., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4363.4.1
page(s): 479 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Verseveldt, J.; Alderslade, P. (1982). Descriptions of types and other alcyonacean material (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) in the Australian Museum, Sydney. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 34(15): 619-647, plate 1-8.
page(s): 622 [details]   

additional source Williams, G.C. (1986). A new species of the octocorallian genus Alcyonium (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea) from southern Africa, with a revised diagnosis of the genus. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 20: 53-63.
page(s): 53, 61 [details]   

additional source Thomson, J.S. (1910). The Alcyonaria of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal. Alcyonacea. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 47(3): 549-589, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41731265
page(s): 566-568 [details]   

additional source Thomson, J.S. (1921). South African Alcyonacea. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> 9(2): 149-175, plates 5-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47227632
page(s): 156-157 [details]   
Cotype BMNH 1962.7.20.19 [details]