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Alcyoniidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
Lamouroux, J.V.F. 1812. Extrait d'un mémoire sur la classification des polypes coralligènes non entièrement pierreux. Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. philom. Paris, 3 (5me année) 63: 181-188.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Anthozoa
order
Malacalcyonacea
family
Alcyoniidae

Name

Synonyms
Alcyonidae
Anthothelidae
Bellonelladae
Lobulariadae
Homonyms
Alcyoniidae
Common names
Lederkoralle in German
Lederkorallen in German
True Soft Corals in English
True Soft Corals in English
True Soft Corals in English
Weichkorallen in German
alcyoniids in English
laločnicovití in Czech
soft corals in English
true soft corals in language.
ウミトサカ科 in Japanese
ネジレヤギ科 in Japanese
軟珊瑚科 in Chinese
Alcyoniids in English
Lederkorallen in German
Soft Corals in English
Weichkorallen in German
alcyoniids in English
soft corals in English
ウミトサカ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Bayer, Frederick M., 1956: Octocorallia. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part F: Coelenterata. F166-F231.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin,..., 2002: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora, Second Edition, 2002. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 28. xi + 115.
  5. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  6. Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp.
  7. Hwang, S. J.; Song, J. I. (2007). Reproductive biology and larval development of the temperate soft coral Dendronephthya gigantea (Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae). Marine Biology, 152, 273-284
  8. McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79.
  9. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  10. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  11. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version).
  12. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (2024 version).
  13. van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 104-105
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