UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Alcyonium megasclerum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006

URMO taxon details

Alcyonium megasclerum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006

AphiaID

287370 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:287370)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758

Orig. name

Alcyonium megasclerum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Stokvis, F.R.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2006). New and redescribed encrusting species of Alcyonium from the Atlantic Ocean (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 80(4), 165-183., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/38072 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Alcyonium megasclerum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287370 on 2024-04-26

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Alcyonium megasclerum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=287370 on 2024-04-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2016-09-27 08:37:34Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

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Sources (4)
Documented distribution (1)

original description Stokvis, F.R.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2006). New and redescribed encrusting species of Alcyonium from the Atlantic Ocean (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 80(4), 165-183., available online at http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/38072 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

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

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality