Alcyonidium (bryozoan) explained

Alcyonidium is a genus of bryozoans in the order Ctenostomatida. The genus have both species with planktotrophic (feeding) larvae and short-lived lecithotrophic (non-feeding) larvae.^[1]

Species

The following species are included in the genus by the World Register of Marine Species:-

• Alcyonidium adustum Winston & Hayward, 2012
• Alcyonidium albescens Winston & Key, 1999
• Alcyonidium albidum Alder, 1857
• Alcyonidium androsovae d'Hondt, 1983
• Alcyonidium anglei d'Hondt & Goyffon, 1991
• Alcyonidium antarcticum Waters, 1904
• Alcyonidium argyllaceum Castric-Fey, 1971
• Alcyonidium australe d'Hondt & Moyano, 1979
• Alcyonidium candidum Ryland, 1963
• Alcyonidium capronae Winston & Hakansson, 1986
• Alcyonidium cellarioides Calvet, 1900
• Alcyonidium chondroides O'Donoghue & de Watteville, 1937
• Alcyonidium columbianum O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, 1926
• Alcyonidium condylocinereum Porter, 2004
• Alcyonidium diaphanum (Hudson, 1778)
• Alcyonidium disciforme Smitt, 1872
• Alcyonidium duplex Prouho, 1892
• Alcyonidium effusum Norman, 1909
• Alcyonidium eightsi Winston & Hayward, 1994
• Alcyonidium enteromorpha Soule, 1951
• Alcyonidium epispiculum Porter & Hayward, 2004
• Alcyonidium erectum Silén, 1942
• Alcyonidium excavatum Hincks, 1880
• Alcyonidium exiguum Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2014
• Alcyonidium flabelliforme Kirkpatrick, 1902
• Alcyonidium flustroides Busk, 1886
• Alcyonidium foliaceum Silén, 1942
• Alcyonidium gelatinosum (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Alcyonidium hauffi Marcus, 1939
• Alcyonidium hirsutum (Fleming, 1828)
• Alcyonidium hydrocoalitum Porter, 2004
• Alcyonidium irregulare Kluge, 1962
• Alcyonidium kermadecense Gordon, 1984
• Alcyonidium lutosum Winston & Hayward, 2012
• Alcyonidium maculosum Winston & Hayward, 2012

• Alcyonidium mamillatum Alder, 1857
• Alcyonidium multigemmatum Gordon, 1986
• Alcyonidium nanum Silén, 1942
• Alcyonidium nipponicum d'Hondt & Mawatari, 1986
• Alcyonidium nodosum O'Donoghue & de Watteville, 1944
• Alcyonidium nostoch (A.P.de Candolle) Lamouroux, 1813
• Alcyonidium pachydermatum Denisenko, 1996
• Alcyonidium papillatum O'Donoghue, 1924
• Alcyonidium parasiticum (Fleming, 1828)
• Alcyonidium pedunculatum Robertson, 1902
• Alcyonidium pelagosphaerum Porter & Hayward, 2004
• Alcyonidium polyoum (Hassall, 1841)
• Alcyonidium polypylum Marcus, 1941
• Alcyonidium proboscideum Kluge, 1962
• Alcyonidium protoseideum
• Alcyonidium pseudodisciforme Denisenko, 2009
• Alcyonidium pulvinatum Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2014
• Alcyonidium radicellatum Kluge, 1946
• Alcyonidium rhomboidale O'Donoghue, 1924
• Alcyonidium rylandi d'Hondt & Goyffon, 2005
• Alcyonidium sagamianum Mawatari, 1953
• Alcyonidium sanguineum Cook, 1985
• Alcyonidium scolecoideum Porter & Hayward, 2004
• Alcyonidium shizuoi d'Hondt & Mawatari, 1986
• Alcyonidium simulatum Porter & Hayward, 2004
• Alcyonidium torpedo d'Hondt, 2006
• Alcyonidium torquatum Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2014
• Alcyonidium variegatum Prouho, 1892
• Alcyonidium vermiculare Okada, 1925
• Alcyonidium verrilli Osburn, 1912
• Alcyonidium vicarians d'Hondt & Chimenz Gusso, 2006
• Alcyonidium vitreum Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2014

Notes and References

1. Porter . J.S . Ryland . J.S . Carvalho . G.R . 2002 . Micro- and macrogeographic genetic structure in bryozoans with different larval strategies . Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology . en . 272 . 2 . 119–130 . 10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00042-4. 2002JEMBE.272..119P .