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Alcyonium digitatum Linnaeus, 1758
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata [10th Revised Edition], Vol. 1: 824 Pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae., Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata, [iii], 824 p. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], 1758. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Cnidaria
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class
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Anthozoa
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order
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Malacalcyonacea
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family
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Alcyoniidae
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genus
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Alcyonium
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species
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Alcyonium digitatum
Name
- Synonyms
- Alcyonidium digitatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Lobularia digitata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Homonyms
- Alcyonium digitatum Linnaeus, 1758
- Common names
- Dead man’s fingers in language.
- Dødningehånd in Danish
- Meerhand in German
- Nordische Korkkoralle in German
- Tote Mannshand in German
- alcyon commum in French
- alcyon commum in French
- alcyon jaune in French
- alcyon jaune in French
- corail digité in French
- dead man's fingers in language.
- dead man's fingers in English
- dead man's fingers in language.
- dead man's fingers in English
- dead man's fingers soft coral in English
- dead-man's fingers in English
- dodemansduim in Dutch
- doomansduim in Dutch
- sea-fingers in English
- tote Manneshand in German
- tote Manneshand in German
- Dodemansduim in Dutch
- dodemansduim in Dutch
- död mans hand in Swedish
- dødmannshånd in Norwegian Bokmål
- Dead men's fingers in English
- Dead-man's fingers in English
- Doomansduim in Dutch
- Meerhand in German
- Nordische Korkkoralle in German
- alcyon commum in French
- alcyon jaune in French
- corail digité in French
- dead man's fingers in English
- dead man's fingers soft coral in English
- dead-man's fingers in English
- doomansduim in Dutch
- sea-fingers in English
- tote Manneshand in German
Bibliographic References
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Anna Karlsson (koralldjur) (2004-04-15 22:00:00) [Titel saknas]
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Ates, R. M. L. (1997). Bloemdieren: De Zeeanemonen En Hun Verwanten Van De Nederlandse Kust. C. Moerman. Zeeanjer., pp. 31.
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Ben-David-Zaslow, R.; Benayahu, Y. (1996). Longevity, competence and energetic content in planulae of the soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 206, 55-68
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Ben-David-Zaslow, R.; Henning, G.; Hofmann, D. K.; Benayahu, Y. (1999). Reproduction in the Red Sea soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens: seasonality and long-term record (1991 to 1997). Marine Biology, 133, 553-559
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Benayahu, Y.; Achituv, Y.; Berner, T. (1988). Embryogenesis and acquisition of algal symbionts by planulae of Xenia umbellata (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). Marine Biology, 100, 93-101
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Benayahu, Y.; Loya, Y. (1983). Surface brooding in the Red Sea soft coral Parerythropodium fulvum fulvum (Forskål, 1775). Biological Bulletin, 165, 353-369
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Benayahu, Y.; Loya, Y. (1986). Sexual reproduction of a soft coral: synchronous and brief annual spawning of Sarcophyton glaucum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). Biological Bulletin, 170, 32-42
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Broch, H. (1912). Die Alcyonarien des Trondhjemsfjordes. I. Alcyonacea. <em>Det Kongelige Norske videnskabers selskabs skrifter.</em> 1911 (7): 1-48.
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Cairns, Stephen D., Dale R. Calder, Anita Brinckmann-Voss, Clovis B. Castro, Daphne G. Fautin,..., 2002: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Cnidaria and Ctenophora, Second Edition, 2002. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 28. xi + 115.
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Dahan, M.; Benayahu, Y. (1997). Reproduction of Dendronephthya hemprichi (Cnidaria: Octocorallia): year-round spawning in an azooxanthellate soft coral. Marine Biology, 129, 573-579
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Deichmann, E (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic ocean. Illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoӧlogy
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Deichmann, E. (1936). The Alcyonaria of the western part of the Atlantic Ocean. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 53: 1-317, plates 1-37.
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Füller, H. (1957). Exkursionsfauna von Deutschland. Wirbellose I. Volk und Wissen Volkseigener. Berlin., pp. 30-34 (485 total pages in volume).
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Gohar, H. A. F. (1940). The development of some Xeniidae (Alcyonaria) (with some ecological aspects). Publications of the Marine Biological Station Al Ghardaqa (Red Sea), 3, 27-78, plates I-V
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Gohar, H.A.F. (1940). Studies on the Xeniidae of the Red Sea: their ecology, physiology, taxonomy and phylogeny. <em>Publications of the Marine Biological Station, Ghardaqa (Red Sea).</em> 2: 25-118, plates 1-7.
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Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455].
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Gosse, P.H. (1853). A naturalist's rambles on the Devonshire coast. <em>John van Voorst, London.</em> pp. i-xvi, 1-451, pls 1-28.
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Gosse, P.H., 1860. Actinologia Britannica. A history of the British sea-anemones and corals. London: Van Voorst : pp. i-xl, 1-362.
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Grajales V.A., Aguilar C., Sánchez J. (2007). Phylogenetic reconstruction using secondary structures of Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2, rDNA): finding the molecular and morphological gap in Caribbean gorgonian corals. <em>BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 90.</em>