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Alcyonium glomeratum (Hassall, 1843)

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Anthozoa
order
Alcyonacea
family
Alcyoniidae
genus
Alcyonium
species
Alcyonium glomeratum

Name

Synonyms
Alcyonidium glomeratum Hassall, 1843
Lobularia glomerata (Hassall, 1843)
Rhodophyton couchii Gray, 1865
Homonyms
Alcyonium glomeratum (Hassall, 1843)
Common names
Rote Korkkoralle in German
Roter Seefinger in German
red fingers in English
red sea-fingers in English
Red dead men's fingers in English
Rote Korkkoralle in German
Roter Seefinger in German
red fingers in English
red sea-fingers in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37.
  2. Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.
  3. Hickson, S.J.; Hiles, I.L. (1900). The Stolonifera and Alcyonacea collected by Dr. Willey in New Britain, etc. <em>Zoological results based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and elsewhere, collected during the years 1895, 1896, and 1897.</em> 4: 493-508, plates 50-51.
  4. McFadden, C. S.; Donahue, R.; Hadland, B. K.; Weston, R. (2001). A molecular phylogenetic analysis of reproductive trait evolution in the soft coral genus Alcyonium. Evolution, 55(1): 54-67
  5. McFadden, C. S.; Hutchinson, M. B. (2004). Molecular evidence for the hybrid origin of species in the soft coral genus Alcyonium (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Molecular Ecology, 13, 1495-1505
  6. McFadden, C.S. (1999). Genetic and taxonomic relationships among northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean populations of the soft coral Alcyonium corallioides. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 133: 171-184.
  7. Picton, B. E. (1985). Anthozoans (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) new to Ireland and new records of some rarely recorded species. Irish Naturalists' Journal, 21(11): 484-488
  8. Thomson, J.S. (1910). The Alcyonaria of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal. Alcyonacea. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 47(3): 549-589, plates 1-4.
  9. Thomson, J.S. (1921). South African Alcyonacea. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> 9(2): 149-175, plates 5-6.
  10. Tixier-Durivault, A.; Lafargue, F. (1966). Quelques Alcyonaires des Iles de Glenan. <em>Bulletin de la Museum Nationale d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Ser. 2.</em> 38(4): 456-460.
  11. Utinomi, H. (1958). A revision of the genera Nidalia and Bellonella with an emendation of nomenclature and taxonomic definitions for the family Nidaliidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 5(5): 101-121.
  12. Utinomi, H. (1976). A review of the Japanese species of Alcyonium, with descriptions of two new species and an almost forgotten rare species (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory.</em> 23(3/5): 191-204.
  13. Van Soest, R.W.M.; Weinberg, S. (1980). A note on the sponges and octocorals from Sherkin Island and Lough Ine, Co Cork. <em>The Irish Naturalist's Journal.</em> 20 (1): 1-15.
  14. Williams, G.C. (1986). A new species of the octocorallian genus Alcyonium (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea) from southern Africa, with a revised diagnosis of the genus. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 20: 53-63.
  15. 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.
  16. 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
  17. van Ofwegen, L.P.; Cairns, S.D. ; van der Land, J. (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms.
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