Porter, J. S. & Hayward, P. J. 2004. Species of Alcyonidium (Bryozoa: Ctenostomata) from Antarctica and Magellan Strait, defined by morphological, reproductive and molecular characters. Jour. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K. 84 (1): 253-265.
Type Status:
Holotype
Place:
South Shetland Islands, Nelson Island, Harmony Cove, Antarctica, Antarctic Ocean
Collection Date:
19 Dec 1971
Notes:
Slide count initially recorded as 63 slides, 49 longitudinal and 14 transverse. During inventory and rehousing project, it was confirmed that there were actually 64 total slides. with 50 longitudinal. It appears that when numbering the slides, two longitudinal slides were labelled 11 and numbering continued from there.