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.
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
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