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Alcyonium digitatum Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
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Published in
Linnaeus, C. 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. (1758).
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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.
Dødningehånd in Danish
Meerhand in German
Nordische Korkkoralle in German
Tote Mannshand in German
alcyon commum in French
alcyon commum in French
alcyon jaune in French
alcyon jaune in French
corail digité in French
dead man's fingers in English
dead man's fingers in English
dead man's fingers in language.
dead man's fingers soft coral in English
dead-man's fingers in English
dodemansduim in Dutch
doomansduim in Dutch
sea-fingers in English
tote Manneshand in German
tote Manneshand in German
Dodemansduim in Dutch
dodemansduim in Dutch
död mans hand in Swedish
dødmannshånd in Norwegian Bokmål
Dead men's fingers in English
Dead-man's fingers in English
Doomansduim in Dutch
Meerhand in German
Nordische Korkkoralle in German
alcyon commum in French
alcyon jaune in French
corail digité in French
dead man's fingers in English
dead man's fingers soft coral in English
dead-man's fingers in English
doomansduim in Dutch
sea-fingers in English
tote Manneshand in German

Bibliographic References

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