Species Alcyonium digitatum Linnaeus, 1758
Ecological Descriptors
Hard bottom, marine, sessile.
Notes
The identity of the Western Australian sample identified by Thorpe (1928) is unknown. It cannot be Alcyonium digitatum which is only found off the west coast of Europe (Alderslade 2008).
General References
Alderslade, P. (2008). The Australian Faunal Directory, http://biodiversity.org.au/afd
Thorpe, L. 1928. Alcyonaria of the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society of London 36(247): 479-531 (Australian occurrence reported; see Notes by Alderslade (2008))
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| 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 |