Alcyonidium (bryozoan)

Genus of moss animals

Alcyonidium
Alcyonidium gelatinosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Bryozoa
Class: Gymnolaemata
Order: Ctenostomatida
Family: Alcyonidiidae
Genus: Alcyonidium
J.V.F. Lamouroux, 1813[1]
Species

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Alcyonidium is a genus of bryozoans in the order Ctenostomatida. The genus have both species with planktotrophic (feeding) larvae and short-lived lecithotrophic (non-feeding) larvae.[2]

Species

The following species are included in the genus by the World Register of Marine Species:-[1]

  • Alcyonidium adustum Winston & Hayward, 2012
  • Alcyonidium albescens Winston & Key, 1999
  • Alcyonidium albidum Alder, 1857
  • Alcyonidium androsovae d'Hondt, 1983
  • Alcyonidium anglei d'Hondt & Goyffon, 1991
  • Alcyonidium antarcticum Waters, 1904
  • Alcyonidium argyllaceum Castric-Fey, 1971
  • Alcyonidium australe d'Hondt & Moyano, 1979
  • Alcyonidium candidum Ryland, 1963
  • Alcyonidium capronae Winston & Hakansson, 1986
  • Alcyonidium cellarioides Calvet, 1900
  • Alcyonidium chondroides O'Donoghue & de Watteville, 1937
  • Alcyonidium columbianum O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, 1926
  • Alcyonidium condylocinereum Porter, 2004
  • Alcyonidium diaphanum (Hudson, 1778)
  • Alcyonidium disciforme Smitt, 1872
  • Alcyonidium duplex Prouho, 1892
  • Alcyonidium effusum Norman, 1909
  • Alcyonidium eightsi Winston & Hayward, 1994
  • Alcyonidium enteromorpha Soule, 1951
  • Alcyonidium epispiculum Porter & Hayward, 2004
  • Alcyonidium erectum Silén, 1942
  • Alcyonidium excavatum Hincks, 1880
  • Alcyonidium exiguum Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2014
  • Alcyonidium flabelliforme Kirkpatrick, 1902
  • Alcyonidium flustroides Busk, 1886
  • Alcyonidium foliaceum Silén, 1942
  • Alcyonidium gelatinosum (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Alcyonidium hauffi Marcus, 1939
  • Alcyonidium hirsutum (Fleming, 1828)
  • Alcyonidium hydrocoalitum Porter, 2004
  • Alcyonidium irregulare Kluge, 1962
  • Alcyonidium kermadecense Gordon, 1984
  • Alcyonidium lutosum Winston & Hayward, 2012
  • Alcyonidium maculosum Winston & Hayward, 2012


  • Alcyonidium mamillatum Alder, 1857
  • Alcyonidium multigemmatum Gordon, 1986
  • Alcyonidium nanum Silén, 1942
  • Alcyonidium nipponicum d'Hondt & Mawatari, 1986
  • Alcyonidium nodosum O'Donoghue & de Watteville, 1944
  • Alcyonidium nostoch (A.P.de Candolle) Lamouroux, 1813
  • Alcyonidium pachydermatum Denisenko, 1996
  • Alcyonidium papillatum O'Donoghue, 1924
  • Alcyonidium parasiticum (Fleming, 1828)
  • Alcyonidium pedunculatum Robertson, 1902
  • Alcyonidium pelagosphaerum Porter & Hayward, 2004
  • Alcyonidium polyoum (Hassall, 1841)
  • Alcyonidium polypylum Marcus, 1941
  • Alcyonidium proboscideum Kluge, 1962
  • Alcyonidium protoseideum
  • Alcyonidium pseudodisciforme Denisenko, 2009
  • Alcyonidium pulvinatum Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2014
  • Alcyonidium radicellatum Kluge, 1946
  • Alcyonidium rhomboidale O'Donoghue, 1924
  • Alcyonidium rylandi d'Hondt & Goyffon, 2005
  • Alcyonidium sagamianum Mawatari, 1953
  • Alcyonidium sanguineum Cook, 1985
  • Alcyonidium scolecoideum Porter & Hayward, 2004
  • Alcyonidium shizuoi d'Hondt & Mawatari, 1986
  • Alcyonidium simulatum Porter & Hayward, 2004
  • Alcyonidium torpedo d'Hondt, 2006
  • Alcyonidium torquatum Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2014
  • Alcyonidium variegatum Prouho, 1892
  • Alcyonidium vermiculare Okada, 1925
  • Alcyonidium verrilli Osburn, 1912
  • Alcyonidium vicarians d'Hondt & Chimenz Gusso, 2006
  • Alcyonidium vitreum Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2014

References

  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2014). "Alcyonidium". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. ^ Porter, J.S; Ryland, J.S; Carvalho, G.R (2002). "Micro- and macrogeographic genetic structure in bryozoans with different larval strategies". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 272 (2): 119–130. Bibcode:2002JEMBE.272..119P. doi:10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00042-4.
Taxon identifiers
Alcyonidium
  • Wikidata: Q4171364
  • Wikispecies: Alcyonidium
  • AFD: Alcyonidium
  • BOLD: 247889
  • CoL: 84L8Q
  • EoL: 36457
  • GBIF: 6153324
  • iNaturalist: 130183
  • ITIS: 155475
  • NBN: NHMSYS0021053076
  • NCBI: 51986
  • NZOR: 77355ab7-14c9-422c-85f9-395cb4ca9354
  • Plazi: D607F6B3-D0D4-76ED-8470-FBD94988639F
  • WoRMS: 110993
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