Alcyonium Linnaeus. Two 1758, sensu stricto
Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 As discussed by McFadden & Ofwegen (2013), over time Alcyonium has become a repository for species of Alcyoniidae that lack the diagnostic characters of other genera, and the definition of the genus has expanded to encompass a broad range of colony growth morphologies an...
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ftdatacite:10.5281/zenodo.5613923 2023-05-15T17:34:37+02:00 Alcyonium Linnaeus. Two 1758, sensu stricto Mcfadden, Catherine S. Van Ofwegen, Leen P. 2017 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5613923 https://zenodo.org/record/5613923 unknown Zenodo http://zenodo.org/record/1114473 http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB37F0E6C0A287AFFB35C76FF964E2E http://zoobank.org/86DE1B94-63AE-4ABF-B28A-0ECEA22D2F10 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4363.4.1 http://zenodo.org/record/1114473 http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFB37F0E6C0A287AFFB35C76FF964E2E https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1114481 http://zoobank.org/86DE1B94-63AE-4ABF-B28A-0ECEA22D2F10 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5613924 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit Open Access info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Cnidaria Anthozoa Alcyonacea Alcyoniidae Alcyonium Taxonomic treatment article-journal Text ScholarlyArticle 2017 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5613923 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4363.4.1 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1114481 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5613924 2022-02-08T12:40:44Z Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 As discussed by McFadden & Ofwegen (2013), over time Alcyonium has become a repository for species of Alcyoniidae that lack the diagnostic characters of other genera, and the definition of the genus has expanded to encompass a broad range of colony growth morphologies and sclerite types. Phylogenetic analyses suggest that Alcyonium sensu stricto is restricted to species that have sclerites arranged as a collaret and points in the polyps and two distinct layers in the coenenchyme: a surface layer of predominantly radiates and clubs and an interior layer of spindles or rods. In addition, the sclerites are often brightly colored and retain their color in alcohol. Of the many South African species that have been assigned to this genus, only five share the sclerite characteristics of Alcyonium sensu stricto . They differ from all other members of the genus in their colony growth form, however, which is typically unbranched and clavate or capitate with a clearly demarcated stalk and polyparium. Phylogenetic analyses of the two South African Alcyonium species for which there are DNA sequence data place them in a distinct clade that is sister to a clade of North Atlantic and Mediterranean species (Fig. 1). : Published as part of Mcfadden, Catherine S. & Van Ofwegen, Leen P., 2017, Revisionary systematics of the endemic soft coral fauna (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniina) of the Agulhas Bioregion, South Africa, pp. 451-488 in Zootaxa 4363 (4) on page 460, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4363.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1114473 Text North Atlantic DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
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Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 As discussed by McFadden & Ofwegen (2013), over time Alcyonium has become a repository for species of Alcyoniidae that lack the diagnostic characters of other genera, and the definition of the genus has expanded to encompass a broad range of colony growth morphologies and sclerite types. Phylogenetic analyses suggest that Alcyonium sensu stricto is restricted to species that have sclerites arranged as a collaret and points in the polyps and two distinct layers in the coenenchyme: a surface layer of predominantly radiates and clubs and an interior layer of spindles or rods. In addition, the sclerites are often brightly colored and retain their color in alcohol. Of the many South African species that have been assigned to this genus, only five share the sclerite characteristics of Alcyonium sensu stricto . They differ from all other members of the genus in their colony growth form, however, which is typically unbranched and clavate or capitate with a clearly demarcated stalk and polyparium. Phylogenetic analyses of the two South African Alcyonium species for which there are DNA sequence data place them in a distinct clade that is sister to a clade of North Atlantic and Mediterranean species (Fig. 1). : Published as part of Mcfadden, Catherine S. & Van Ofwegen, Leen P., 2017, Revisionary systematics of the endemic soft coral fauna (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniina) of the Agulhas Bioregion, South Africa, pp. 451-488 in Zootaxa 4363 (4) on page 460, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4363.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1114473 |
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Alcyonium Linnaeus. Two 1758, sensu stricto |
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