World Porifera Database - Species - Alcyonium purpureum Lamarck, 1815

WoRMS name details

Alcyonium purpureum Lamarck, 1815

AphiaID

189896 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:189896)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted Name

Spheciospongia purpurea (Lamarck, 1815)

Rank

Species

Parent

Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Alcyonium purpureum Lamarck, 1815

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in South West Australia

type locality contained in South West Australia [details]

, Note SW Australia

Type locality SW Australia [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Alcyonium purpureum Lamarck, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=189896 on 2024-10-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-07-20 12:55:31Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2016-10-23 13:49:21Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2023-11-10 04:04:26Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1814 [1813]). Sur les polypiers empâtés. Annales du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. 20: 294-312; 370-386; 432-458. [details]

basis of record Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. In: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unverified

Type locality SW Australia [details]

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records)