Three new species of Alcyonium are described and illustrated: Alcyonium megasclerum and A. rubrum from the Cape Verde Islands, and A. profundum from the Mid Atlantic Ridge. Two species are redescribed and figured: A. grandiflorum Tixier-Durivault & d’Hondt, 1975 and A. maristenebrosi Stiasny, 1937. Pseudoalcyonium novum Tixier-Durivault & d’Hondt, 1975 is synonymized with Alcyonium bocagei (Saville Kent, 1870).

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Stokvis, F. R., & van Ofwegen, L. (2006). New and redescribed encrusting species of Alcyonium from the Atlantic Ocean (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae). Zoologische Mededelingen, 80(4), 165–183.