Alcyonium digitatum Linnaeus, 1758
(Dead Men’s Fingers)

Interactions where Alcyonium digitatum is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
flesh flesh is predated by adult Restricted Simnia patula a prosobranch mollusc Littorinimorpha: Ovulidae British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971
 /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Littorinimorpha/Ovulidae/Simnia patula/Simnia patulaa prosobranch molluscadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Cnidaria/Anthozoa/Alcyonacea/Alcyoniidae/Alcyonium digitatum/Alcyonium digitatumdead men's fingersfleshSole adult is predator of flesh
polyp polyp is predated by adult Restricted Simnia patula a prosobranch mollusc Littorinimorpha: Ovulidae British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971
 /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Littorinimorpha/Ovulidae/Simnia patula/Simnia patulaa prosobranch molluscadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Cnidaria/Anthozoa/Alcyonacea/Alcyoniidae/Alcyonium digitatum/Alcyonium digitatumdead men's fingerspolypSole adult is predator of polyp

Author & YearTitleSource
Graham, A., 1971British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscsSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 2, ed 1 edition, 112pp, The Linnean Society of London

Alcyonium digitatum (Dead Men’s Fingers) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAlcyonium digitatum (Dead Men’s Fingers)
GenusAlcyonium (a genus of coelenterates)
FamilyALCYONIIDAE (sea fingers)
SuborderALCYONIINA (a suborder of coelenterates)
OrderALCYONACEA (sea fingers)
SubclassOCTOCORALLIA (soft corals)
ClassANTHOZOA (sea anemones and corals)
PhylumCNIDARIA (hydroids, jelly fish, sea anemones, jellyfish)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alcyonium digitatum (Dead Men’s Fingers)

Alcyonium digitatum (Dead Men’s Fingers) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Alcyonium digitatum (Dead Men’s Fingers):

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