Genus Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758

Museums

Regional Maps

• Alcyonium Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [803].

  Type species:

   Alcyonium digitatum Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Milne Edwards, H. & Haime, J. 1850. A monograph of the British fossil corals. First Part. Introduction; corals from the Tertiary and Cretaceous formations. London : Palaeontological Society i-lxxxv, 322 pp., 72 pls. [lxxvii].
• Lobularia Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Paris : Verdière Vol. 2 568 pp. [414].

  Type species:

   Lobularia digitata Lamarck, 1816 by subsequent designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Central E coast
  • Norfolk Island
  • Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast
  • South Australia: S Gulfs coast
  • Tasmania: Bass Strait
  • Victoria: Bass Strait

Notes

True species of Alcyonium have only been found in Antarctica and never in the regional seas of the Australian mainland (Alderslade pers. comm. 2008)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Aug-2022	OCTOCORALLIA Haeckel, 1866	13-Aug-2013	MOVED	Dr Phil Alderslade
05-Aug-2022		24-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		14-Oct-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		29-Sep-2010	MODIFIED
		11-May-2010	MODIFIED