Alcyonium
- Dataset
- Checklist of Benthic Cnidaria in the SW Atlantic Ocean (54 ºS- 56 ºS)
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Anthozoa
- order
- Alcyonacea
- family
- Alcyoniidae
- genus
- Alcyonium
discussion
Remarks: colony bi-lobate, with polyps in conspicuous calyces and well developed anthocodial armature. Spindles from body wall resemble those on A. haddoni and A. yepayek, but A. haddoni lacks clubs in the inner layer and most clubs in A. yapayek have a central wart (Ofwegen et al. 2007). SEM analysis will allow us to cofirm if Alcyonium sp. 2 is, in fact, a new species.
distribution
Distribution: Between Tierra del Fuego and Burdwood bank, NDR (610 m).
materials_examined
Material examined: BBB 2016: St 13.