World Porifera Database - Species - Alcyonium phalloides Lamarck, 1815

Porifera name details

Alcyonium phalloides Lamarck, 1815

AphiaID

1639919 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1639919)

Classification

Status

uncertain

Rank

Species

Parent

Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Alcyonium phalloides Lamarck, 1815

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340.
page(s): 79 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Porifera (2025). Alcyonium phalloides Lamarck, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1639919 on 2026-02-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-02-17 11:30:21Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Notes (1)

original description Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340.
page(s): 79 [details]

From editor or global species database

Classification Incertae sedis, but likely to be an ascidian. cf. Topsent (1933: 24). [details]