description of Alcyonium palmatum - Mediterranean sea-fingers

Classification

Source : World Register of Marine Species
Dernière mise à jour 02-01-2023

Animalia (Kingdom)
Cnidaria (Phylum)
Anthozoa (Class)
Octocorallia (Subclass)
Malacalcyonacea (Order)
Alcyoniidae (Family)
Alcyonium (Genus)
Alcyonium palmatum (Species)

Authors

Photos : © Javier Santiago. Published with his kind permission.
Websites and reference works : Consult bibliography

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Données de distribution : Alcyonium palmatum Pallas, 1766 in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-13.

Classification

Source : World Register of Marine Species

Dernière mise à jour 02-01-2023

Animalia (Kingdom)
Cnidaria (Phylum)
Anthozoa (Class)
Octocorallia (Subclass)
Malacalcyonacea (Order)
Alcyoniidae (Family)
Alcyonium (Genus)
Alcyonium palmatum (Species)

Authors

Photos : © Javier Santiago. Published with his kind permission.
Websites and reference works : Consult bibliography

How to cite this page

Bay-Nouailhat W., September 2006, Description of Alcyonium palmatum, [On line] https://european-marine-life.org/05/alcyonium-palmatum.php, consulted on 2025 July 13.

Author

Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat

Diver - Naturalist
Underwater Photographer

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