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Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812

125269  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125269)

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  1. Genus Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Genus Anthothela Verrill, 1879
  3. Genus Eleutherobia Pütter, 1900
  4. Genus Gersemia von Marenzeller, 1878
  5. Genus Parerythropodium Kükenthal, 1916 accepted as Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Genus Parethropodium accepted as Parerythropodium Kükenthal, 1916 accepted as Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
AfReMaS (2025). Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125269 on 2026-06-19
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Alcyoniidae Lamouroux, 1812. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125269 on 2026-06-19
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2009-08-12 11:48:18Z
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2010-09-14 06:31:48Z
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original description (of Anthothelidae Broch, 1916) Broch, H. (1916). Alcyonarien. In: Results of Dr. E. Mjobergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. XI. <em>Kgl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handlingar.</em> 52 (11):1-48, plates 1-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41923264 [details] 

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 104-105 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Hwang, S. J.; Song, J. I. (2007). Reproductive biology and larval development of the temperate soft coral Dendronephthya gigantea (Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae). Marine Biology, 152, 273-284, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-007-0679-z
page(s): 274 [details] 

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

redescription McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 42-43 [details] 
 
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