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. <em>Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> ii, 824 pp.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Cnidaria

class

Anthozoa

order

Alcyonacea

family

Alcyoniidae

genus

Alcyonium

species

Alcyonium digitatum

Name

Synonyms

Lobularia digitata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Homonyms

Alcyonium digitatum Linnaeus, 1758

Common names

Dead man’s fingers in language.

Dodemansduim in Dutch

Doomansduim in Dutch

Tote Mannshand in German

alcyon commum in French

alcyon commum in French

alcyon jaune in French

alcyon jaune in French

dead man's fingers in language.

dead man's fingers in English

dead man's fingers in language.

dead man's fingers in English

dodemansduim in Dutch

doomansduim in Dutch

tote Manneshand in German

tote Manneshand in German

dodemansduim in Dutch

alcyon commum in French

alcyon jaune in French

dead man's fingers in English

doomansduim in Dutch

tote Manneshand in German

Bibliographic References

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