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Alcyonium hibernicum (Renouf, 1931)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Alcyonium pusillum Tixier-Durivault & Lafargue, 1966
Parerythropodium hibernicum Renouf, 1931
Homonyms
Alcyonium hibernicum (Renouf, 1931)
Common names
pink sea fingers in English
pink sea fingers in English
Pink Sea Fingers in English
pink sea fingers in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Benayahu, Y.; Loya, Y. (1986). Sexual reproduction of a soft coral: synchronous and brief annual spawning of Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). Biological Bulletin, 170, 32-42
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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.
  5. Stokvis, F.R.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2006). New and redescribed encrusting species of Alcyonium from the Atlantic Ocean (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 80(4), 165-183.
  6. 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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