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Alcyonium Dolium
''Alcyonium'' is a genus of soft corals in the family Alcyoniidae. Species Species in the genus include: * '' Alcyonium acaule'' Marion, 1878 * '' Alcyonium adriaticum'' Kükenthal, 1909 * '' Alcyonium altum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1955 * '' Alcyonium antarcticum'' Wright & studer, 1889 * '' Alcyonium aspiculatum'' Tixier-Durivault, 1955 * '' Alcyonium aurantiacum'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 * '' Alcyonium bocagei'' ( Saville Kent, 1870) * '' Alcyonium bosphorense'' Tixier-Durivault, 1961 * '' Alcyonium brioniense'' Kükenthal, 1907 * '' Alcyonium burmedju'' Sampaio, Stokvis & Ofwegen, 2016 * '' Alcyonium bursa'' Linnaeus, 1758 * '' Alcyonium capitatum'' (Pfeffer, 1889) * '' Alcyonium catalai'' Tixier-Durivault, 1970 * '' Alcyonium ceylonense'' May, 1899 * '' Alcyonium clavatum'' Studer, 1890 * '' Alcyonium compactofestucum'' Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1992 * '' Alcyonium confertum'' Boone, 1938 * '' Alcyonium coralloides'' (Pallas, 1766) * '' Alcyonium cydonium'' Linnaeus, 1767 sensu Espe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcyonium Fauri .Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2010. ''Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa''
The purple soft coral (''Alcyonium fauri'') is a species of colonial soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae Alcyoniidae is a family of leathery or soft corals in the phylum Cnidaria.Leathery cor ... Description Purple soft corals grow in small colonies of up to 3 cm in height. The diameter of the individual polyps is 0.4 cm. They are usually bright purple, although they may be yellow, pink, red, dark grey or orange. The soft colony is encrusting and variably shaped. Feeding polyps extend eight tentacles into the water column.Jones, Georgina. ''A field guide to the marine animals of the Cape Peninsul ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |