Alcyonium digitatum Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES: Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata [10th Revised Edition], Vol. 1: 824 Pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae., Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata, [iii], 824 p. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], 1758. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542

Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Cnidaria: class
Anthozoa: order
Malacalcyonacea: family
Alcyoniidae: genus
Alcyonium: species
Alcyonium digitatum

Name

Synonyms: Alcyonidium digitatum (Linnaeus, 1758); Lobularia digitata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Homonyms: Alcyonium digitatum Linnaeus, 1758
Common names: Dead Men's Fingers in Anglais; Dead man’s fingers in language.; Dødningehånd in Danois; Meerhand in Allemand; Nordische Korkkoralle in Allemand; Tote Mannshand in Allemand; alcyon commum in Français; alcyon commum in Français; alcyon jaune in Français; alcyon jaune in Français; corail digité in Français; dead man's fingers in language.; dead man's fingers in Anglais; dead man's fingers in Anglais; dead man's fingers soft coral in Anglais; dead-man's fingers in Anglais; dodemansduim in Néerlandais; doomansduim in Néerlandais; sea-fingers in Anglais; tote Manneshand in Allemand; tote Manneshand in Allemand; Dodemansduim in Néerlandais; dodemansduim in Néerlandais; död mans hand in Suédois; dødmannshånd in Norvégien Bokmål; Dead men's fingers in Anglais; Dead-man's fingers in Anglais; Doomansduim in Néerlandais; Meerhand in Allemand; Nordische Korkkoralle in Allemand; alcyon commum in Français; alcyon jaune in Français; corail digité in Français; dead man's fingers in Anglais; dead man's fingers soft coral in Anglais; dead-man's fingers in Anglais; doomansduim in Néerlandais; sea-fingers in Anglais; tote Manneshand in Allemand

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