Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Octocorallia > Order Alcyonacea > Suborder Alcyoniina > Family Alcyoniidae > Genus Alcyonium

Alcyonium acaule Marion, 1878

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alcyonium*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: mà de mort sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Dutch: Mediterrane dodemansduim

English: sea finger sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

French: alcyon méditerranéen; magnotte

German: Mittelmeer Meerhand

Spanish, Castillian: mano de muerto

Literature

basis of record	van Ofwegen, L.; Grasshoff, M.; van der Land, J. (2001). Octocorallia (excl. Pennatulacea), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 104-105
additional source	Watling, L., P. Auster (2005). Distribution of deep-water Alcyonacea off the Northeast Coast of the United States. In: Freiwald, A., R.J. Murray, editors. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Second Deep-Sea Coral Symposium, Erlangen, Germany, September 2003. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp 279-296.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (4 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
GBIF

Citation

van Ofwegen, L. (2014). Alcyonium acaule Marion, 1878. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125331