Alcyonium

Alcyonium is a genus of soft corals in the family Alcyoniidae and class octocorallia. Alcyonium generally called as dead men's finger.

Alcyonium
Alcyonium fauri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Octocorallia
Order:	Alcyonacea
Family:	Alcyoniidae
Genus:	Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758
Species
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Introduction

Alcyonium or dead man's fingers is a species of soft coral in the family Alcyoniidae. It is found around the coasts of the northern Atlantic Ocean and other temperate waters such as the South Pacific.

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 Esper, 1829
• Alcyonium dendroides Thomson & Dean, 1931
• Alcyonium digitatum Linnaeus, 1758
• Alcyonium dolium McFadden & Ofwegen, 2017
• Alcyonium echinatum Tixier-Durivault, 1970
• Alcyonium elegans (Kukenthal, 1902)
• Alcyonium etheridgei Thomson & Mackinnon, 1911
• Alcyonium faura J. S. Thomson, 1910
• Alcyonium fauri Studer, 1910
• Alcyonium flabellum Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
• Alcyonium foliatum J. S. Thomson, 1921
• Alcyonium fulvum (Forskål, 1775)
• Alcyonium fungiforme Tixier Durivault, 1954
• Alcyonium glaciophilum van Ofwegen, Häussermann & Försterra, 2007
• Alcyonium glomeratum (Hassal, 1843)
• Alcyonium grandis Casas, Ramil & van Ofwegen, 1997
• Alcyonium graniferum Tixier-Durivault & d'Hondt, 1974
• Alcyonium haddoni Wright & Studer, 1889
• Alcyonium hibernicum (Renouf, 1931)
• Alcyonium jorgei van Ofwegen, Häussermann & Försterra, 2007
• Alcyonium luteum Tixier Durivault, 1954
• Alcyonium manusdiaboli Linnaeus, 1767
• Alcyonium maristenebrosi Stiasny, 1937
• Alcyonium megasclerum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2007
• Alcyonium muricatum Yamada, 1950
• Alcyonium pacificum Yamada, 1950
• Alcyonium palmatum Pallas, 1766
• Alcyonium patagonicum (May, 1899)
• Alcyonium paucilobulatum Casas, Ramil & van Ofwegen, 1997
• Alcyonium pobeguini Tixier-Durivault, 1955
• Alcyonium profundum Stokvis & van Ofwegen, 2007
• Alcyonium repens Stiasny, 1941
• Alcyonium reptans Kükenthal, 1906
• Alcyonium robustum Utinomi, 1976
• Alcyonium roseum van Ofwegen, Häussermann & Försterra, 2007
• Alcyonium rotiferum Thomson, 1910
• Alcyonium senegalense Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1992
• Alcyonium sidereum Verrill, 1922
• Alcyonium sollasi Wright & Studer, 1889
• Alcyonium southgeorgiensis Casas, Ramil & van Ofwegen, 1997
• Alcyonium spitzbergense Verseveldt & van Ofwegen, 1992
• Alcyonium submurale Ridley, 1883
• Alcyonium varum McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2013
• Alcyonium verseveldti Benayahu, 1982
• Alcyonium yepayek van Ofwegen, Häussermann & Försterra, 2007