African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS name details

Acabaria erythaea

AphiaID

212763 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212763)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Accepted name

Acabaria erythraea (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Melithaea erythraea (Ehrenberg, 1834)

Rank

Species

Parent

Acabaria Gray, 1859 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Acabaria erythaea. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212763 on 2026-09-14

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Acabaria erythaea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212763 on 2026-09-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-10-30 10:47:35Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2008-05-10 22:48:38Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen