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<small> Winston & Hayward, 2012</small>
- Alcyonidium albescens<small> Winston & Key, 1999</small>
- Alcyonidium albidum<small> Alder, 1857</small>
- Alcyonidium androsovae<small> d'Hondt, 1983</small>
- Alcyonidium anglei<small> d'Hondt & Goyffon, 1991</small>
- Alcyonidium antarcticum<small> Waters, 1904</small>
- Alcyonidium argyllaceum<small> Castric-Fey, 1971</small>
- Alcyonidium australe<small> d'Hondt & Moyano, 1979</small>
- Alcyonidium candidum<small> Ryland, 1963</small>
- Alcyonidium capronae<small> Winston & Hakansson, 1986</small>
- Alcyonidium cellarioides<small> Calvet, 1900</small>
- Alcyonidium chondroides<small> O'Donoghue & de Watteville, 1937</small>
- Alcyonidium columbianum<small> O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, 1926</small>
- Alcyonidium condylocinereum<small> Porter, 2004</small>
- Alcyonidium diaphanum<small> (Hudson, 1778)</small>
- Alcyonidium disciforme<small> Smitt, 1872</small>
- Alcyonidium duplex<small> Prouho, 1892</small>
- Alcyonidium effusum<small> Norman, 1909</small>
- Alcyonidium eightsi<small> Winston & Hayward, 1994</small>
- Alcyonidium enteromorpha<small> Soule, 1951</small>
- Alcyonidium epispiculum<small> Porter & Hayward, 2004</small>
- Alcyonidium erectum<small> Silén, 1942</small>
- Alcyonidium excavatum<small> Hincks, 1880</small>
- Alcyonidium exiguum<small> Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2014</small>
- Alcyonidium flabelliforme<small> Kirkpatrick, 1902</small>
- Alcyonidium flustroides<small> Busk, 1886</small>
- Alcyonidium foliaceum<small> Silén, 1942</small>
- Alcyonidium gelatinosum<small> (Linnaeus, 1761)</small>
- Alcyonidium hauffi<small> Marcus, 1939</small>
- Alcyonidium hirsutum<small> (Fleming, 1828)</small>
- Alcyonidium hydrocoalitum<small> Porter, 2004</small>
- Alcyonidium irregulare<small> Kluge, 1962</small>
- Alcyonidium kermadecense<small> Gordon, 1984</small>
- Alcyonidium lutosum<small> Winston & Hayward, 2012</small>
- Alcyonidium maculosum<small> Winston & Hayward, 2012</small>
- Alcyonidium mamillatum<small> Alder, 1857</small>
- Alcyonidium multigemmatum<small> Gordon, 1986</small>
- Alcyonidium nanum<small> Silén, 1942</small>
- Alcyonidium nipponicum<small> d'Hondt & Mawatari, 1986</small>
- Alcyonidium nodosum<small> O'Donoghue & de Watteville, 1944</small>
- Alcyonidium nostoch<small> (A.P.de Candolle) Lamouroux, 1813</small>
- Alcyonidium pachydermatum<small> Denisenko, 1996</small>
- Alcyonidium papillatum<small> O'Donoghue, 1924</small>
- Alcyonidium parasiticum<small> (Fleming, 1828)</small>
- Alcyonidium pedunculatum<small> Robertson, 1902</small>
- Alcyonidium pelagosphaerum<small> Porter & Hayward, 2004</small>
- Alcyonidium polyoum<small> (Hassall, 1841)</small>
- Alcyonidium polypylum<small> Marcus, 1941</small>
- Alcyonidium proboscideum<small> Kluge, 1962</small>
- Alcyonidium protoseideum
- Alcyonidium pseudodisciforme<small> Denisenko, 2009</small>
- Alcyonidium pulvinatum<small> Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2014</small>
- Alcyonidium radicellatum<small> Kluge, 1946</small>
- Alcyonidium rhomboidale<small> O'Donoghue, 1924</small>
- Alcyonidium rylandi<small> d'Hondt & Goyffon, 2005</small>
- Alcyonidium sagamianum<small> Mawatari, 1953</small>
- Alcyonidium sanguineum<small> Cook, 1985</small>
- Alcyonidium scolecoideum<small> Porter & Hayward, 2004</small>
- Alcyonidium shizuoi<small> d'Hondt & Mawatari, 1986</small>
- Alcyonidium simulatum<small> Porter & Hayward, 2004</small>
- Alcyonidium torpedo<small> d'Hondt, 2006</small>
- Alcyonidium torquatum<small> Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2014</small>
- Alcyonidium variegatum<small> Prouho, 1892</small>
- Alcyonidium vermiculare<small> Okada, 1925</small>
- Alcyonidium verrilli<small> Osburn, 1912</small>
- Alcyonidium vicarians<small> d'Hondt & Chimenz Gusso, 2006</small>
- Alcyonidium vitreum<small> Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2014</small>
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