Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758
Publication details: Linnaeus, 1758: 646, 803
Original publication: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Editio decima revisa. Vol. 1 pp. [i-iv], [1]-823. Holmiae [Stockholm]: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii.
Request PDFFossil: This is a genus of fossil species, or a genus with a fossil type species, or a genus the type species of which was originally described as a fossil.
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2022-10-17 by M.D. Guiry.
Taxonomic status: This name is currently regarded as a synonym of .
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as neuter.
Nomenclatural note
Genus of animals treated under the ICZN. ING lists "Alcyonium W. Hisinger, Anteckningar Phys. Geognosi Sverige Norrige 3: 89. 1823 (non vidi)" supposedly based on a Silurian fossil. Hsisinger (1825 [not 1823]: 89) writes "Den ovanför beskrivna runda kärnan utmärker någon likhet med de så kallade för stenade Muskottnötter , hvars ursprung är osä kert , om de tillhöra Alcyonium eller något annat slägte.." [The round kernel described above bears some resemblance to the so-called stoned Nutmegs, whose origin is uncertain, whether they belong to Alcyonium or some other genus.]. This does not constitute a description. - (14 February 2010) - M.D. Guiry
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 October 2022. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 20 May 2025
