Alcyonium
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Description
Key to the Chilean Alcyonium species
1. Colonies membranous and/or lobate........................................................................................................... 2
-. Colonies digitiform or digitate..................................................................................................................... 5
2. Interior base with sparsely ornamented rods............................................. A. sollasi Wright & Studer, 1889
-. Interior base without sparsely ornamented rods.......................................................................................... 3
3. Only capstans and spindles in coenenchyme.................................................. A. grandis Casas et al., 1997
-. Coenenchyme also with clubs.................................................................................................................... 4
4. Capstans very tuberculate, tentacle bases with clubs............................................................ A. roseum n. sp
-. Capstans sparsely tuberculate, tentacle bases without clubs........... A. antarcticum Wright & Studer, 1889
5. Interior with spindles only...................................................................... A. haddoni Wright & Studer, 1889
-. Interior with rods and spindles.................................................................................................................... 6
6. Colonies with slender lobes (<0.5 cm wide)......................................................................... A. jorgei n. sp.
-. Colonies with robust lobes (1 cm wide and more)...................................................................................... 7
7. Interior of complete colony with sparsely ornamented rods, most clubs without central wart......................................................................................................................................................... A. glaciophilum n. sp.
-. Only interior of base with sparsely ornamented rods, most clubs with central wart......... A. yepayek n. sp.
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.178819 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/854DCB16FFAA094EB16DB414C379EE7F (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/7974B36EFFAB094FB1FAB536C6E3EDC8 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Alcyoniidae
- Genus
- Alcyonium
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Alcyonacea
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Taxon rank
- genus
References
- Wright, E. P. & Studer, T. (1889) Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876. - Report on the Scientific Results on the Exploring. Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger Zoology 31, i - lxxvii + 1 - 314.
- Casas, C., Ramil, F. & Ofwegen, L. P. van (1997) Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the Scotia Arc, South Atlantic Ocean. I. The genus Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden, 71 (26), 299 - 311.