WoRMS name details

Alcyonium distinctum Williams, 1988

212095  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212095)

 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 superseded combination (original combination)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.
page(s): 2-7 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  SAfM H3908, geounit South African Exclusive...  
Holotype SAfM H3908, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Alcyonium distinctum Williams, 1988. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212095 on 2024-11-21
Date
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1998-11-12 13:16:11Z
created
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
changed
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
checked
2017-12-20 02:22:59Z
changed
2020-11-08 17:42:11Z
changed
2023-11-10 04:04:26Z
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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.
page(s): 2-7 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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

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  PDF available [request]

additional source 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] 

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): 271-274 [details] 

new combination reference McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2017). Revisionary systematics of the endemic soft coral fauna (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniina) of the Agulhas Bioregion, South Africa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4363(4): 451-488., available online at https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4363.4.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype SAfM H3908, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM 3913, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3910, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3910, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3911, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3911, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SAfM H3912, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype SAfM H3909, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype SAfM H3909, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]