WoRMS name details
Alcyonium mutabiliforme Williams, 1988
212094 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212094)
unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Williams, G.C. (1988). Four new species of southern African octocorals (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea), with a further diagnostic revision of the genus Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 92: 1-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb01524.x
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Holotype SAfM H3765, geounit South African Exclusive...
Holotype SAfM H3765, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Alcyonium mutabiliforme Williams, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212094 on 2026-02-20
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Nomenclature
original description
Williams, G.C. (1988). Four new species of southern African octocorals (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea), with a further diagnostic revision of the genus Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 92: 1-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb01524.x
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basis of record Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors [request]
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[request]basis of record Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 100: 249-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41110040
page(s): 286-289 [details]
additional source Williams, G.C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 100: 249-358., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41110040
page(s): 286-289 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype SAfM H3765, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3716, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3716, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3767, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype SAfM H3766, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
