UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Melithaea densa (K�kenthal, 1908)

URMO name details

Melithaea densa (K�kenthal, 1908)

AphiaID

288126 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288126)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted Name

Melithaea japonica (Verrill, 1865)

Rank

Species

Parent

Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857

Orig. name

Melitodes densa K�kenthal, 1908

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) K�kenthal, W. (1908). Die Gorgonidenfamilie der Melitodidae Verr. (5. Mitteilung.). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 33(7/8): 189�201., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9898475
page(s): 192-193 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Melithaea densa (K?kenthal, 1908). Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288126 on 2024-05-02

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Melithaea densa (K�kenthal, 1908). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288126 on 2024-05-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2015-10-07 07:50:33Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

2021-04-08 00:19:22Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2023-03-05 00:39:22Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

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Sources (7)
Links (2)

original description (of ) K�kenthal, W. (1908). Die Gorgonidenfamilie der Melitodidae Verr. (5. Mitteilung.). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 33(7/8): 189�201., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9898475
page(s): 192-193 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Matsumoto, K.; van Ofwegen, L. (2015). Melithaeidae of Japan (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) re-examined with descriptions of 11 new species. ZooKeys. 522: 1-127., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.522.10294 [details] Available for editors

additional source Song, J. I.; Lee, I. (1998). Fauna of the anthozoans from adjacent waters of Geojedo Island in Korea. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology, 14(3): 229-242
page(s): 232 [details]

additional source Rho, B. J.; Song, J. I.; Lee, J. W. (1980). A systematic study on Octocorallia in Korea 4. Scleraxonia (Gorgonacea). Journal of Korean Research Institute for Better Living, 25, 45-64
page(s): 45, 46, 48, 50-51, 58, 61, Pl. 1 [details]

additional source Imahara, Y. (1996). Previously recorded octocorals from Japan and adjacent seas. Precious Corals and Octocoral Research, 4-mei, 17-44
page(s): 28 [details]

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