New name for the soft coral Alcyonium rubrum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006 (Alcyonacea, Alcyoniidae): Alcyonium burmedju nom. n.
Alcyonium rubrum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006, an encrusting soft coral (Figure 1), was described from the Northeast Atlantic Ocean based on specimens collected during the Dutch CANCAP VII Expedition to the Cape Verde Archipelago (Stokvis & van Ofwegen 2006). This species was later reported f...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:10ed41c15723453c9f853286fa8d7a2f 2023-05-15T17:41:22+02:00 New name for the soft coral Alcyonium rubrum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006 (Alcyonacea, Alcyoniidae): Alcyonium burmedju nom. n. Íris Sampaio Frank Stokvis Leen P. van Ofwegen 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.619.10086 https://doaj.org/article/10ed41c15723453c9f853286fa8d7a2f EN eng Pensoft Publishers http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=10086 http://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=10086 http://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_xml&item_id=10086 https://doaj.org/toc/1313-2989 https://doaj.org/toc/1313-2970 doi:10.3897/zookeys.619.10086 1313-2970 1313-2989 https://doaj.org/article/10ed41c15723453c9f853286fa8d7a2f ZooKeys, Vol 619, Iss , Pp 163-165 (2016) Zoology QL1-991 article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.619.10086 2022-12-31T04:20:33Z Alcyonium rubrum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006, an encrusting soft coral (Figure 1), was described from the Northeast Atlantic Ocean based on specimens collected during the Dutch CANCAP VII Expedition to the Cape Verde Archipelago (Stokvis & van Ofwegen 2006). This species was later reported from the Azores (Braga-Henriques et al. 2013).A review on the taxonomic literature of octocorals by the first author revealed the existence of a species described from Scandinavia under the same name, Alcyonium rubrum Müller, 1776, which was also reported from Ireland (Hassal 1841). In such a case of primary homonomy, the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature Article 60, states that the junior homonym is invalid and needs to be replaced by a new name. We propose to replace Alcyonium rubrum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006 by Alcyonium burmedju nom. n. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northeast Atlantic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles ZooKeys 619 163 165 |
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Alcyonium rubrum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006, an encrusting soft coral (Figure 1), was described from the Northeast Atlantic Ocean based on specimens collected during the Dutch CANCAP VII Expedition to the Cape Verde Archipelago (Stokvis & van Ofwegen 2006). This species was later reported from the Azores (Braga-Henriques et al. 2013).A review on the taxonomic literature of octocorals by the first author revealed the existence of a species described from Scandinavia under the same name, Alcyonium rubrum Müller, 1776, which was also reported from Ireland (Hassal 1841). In such a case of primary homonomy, the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature Article 60, states that the junior homonym is invalid and needs to be replaced by a new name. We propose to replace Alcyonium rubrum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006 by Alcyonium burmedju nom. n. |
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New name for the soft coral Alcyonium rubrum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006 (Alcyonacea, Alcyoniidae): Alcyonium burmedju nom. n. |
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New name for the soft coral Alcyonium rubrum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006 (Alcyonacea, Alcyoniidae): Alcyonium burmedju nom. n. |
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New name for the soft coral Alcyonium rubrum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006 (Alcyonacea, Alcyoniidae): Alcyonium burmedju nom. n. |
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New name for the soft coral Alcyonium rubrum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006 (Alcyonacea, Alcyoniidae): Alcyonium burmedju nom. n. |
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New name for the soft coral Alcyonium rubrum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2006 (Alcyonacea, Alcyoniidae): Alcyonium burmedju nom. n. |
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new name for the soft coral alcyonium rubrum stokvis & van ofwegen, 2006 (alcyonacea, alcyoniidae): alcyonium burmedju nom. n. |
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