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Alcyonium planiceps

Alcyonium planiceps

Williams, 1986

GBIF:155450065

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PROFILE

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Habitat

Marine

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Geographic Distribution(1)

South Africa

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IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 6 proteins)

NCBI:txid767316

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(9)

  • 1

    Alderslade, P. (2000). Four new genera of soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), with notes on the classification of some established taxa. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 74: 237-249.

    additional source
  • 2

    Williams, G.C. (1986). A new species of the octocorallian genus Alcyonium (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea) from southern Africa, with a revised diagnosis of the genus. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 20: 53-63.

    original description
  • 3

    Williams, G.C. (1986). Morphology, systematics, and variability of the southern African soft coral, Alcyonium variabile (J. Stuart Thomson, 1921) (Octocorallia, Alcyoniidae). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 96(6): 241-270.

    additional source
  • 4

    Williams, G.C. (1987). The aberrant and monotypic soft coral genus Malacacanthus Thomson, 1910 (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) endemic to southern Africa. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 21: 1337-1346.

    additional source
  • 5

    Williams, G.C. (1988). Four new species of southern African octocorals (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea), with a further diagnostic revision of the genus Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 92: 1-26.

    additional source
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

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    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-16.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155450065
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    5185271
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212092
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026