Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata > Order Ctenostomatida > Suborder Alcyonidiina > Superfamily Alcyonidioidea > Family Alcyonidiidae > Genus Alcyonidium

Alcyonidium polyoum (Hassall, 1841)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Sarcochitum Hassall, 1841

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alcyonidium*	Lamouroux, 1813	accepted genus name
*Sarcochitum*	Hassall, 1841	generic synonym

Literature

basis of record	Hayward, P.J. (1985). Ctenostome bryozoans: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 33. E.J. Brill; W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07853-6. vii, 169 pp.
additional source	Winston, J. E. and F. J. Maturo Jr. 2009. Bryozoans (Ectoprocta) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1147–1164 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Ryland J.S. & Porter J.S. (2003). The identity of Alcyonidium gelatinosum (Linnaeus, 1761) (Bryozoa: Ctenostomatida). Journal of Natural History 37 (18): 2179-2189
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455].
additional source	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
additional source	Bromley; Bleakney. (1977).
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.

Genbank

Citation

Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Alcyonidium polyoum (Hassall, 1841). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153717