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Melitella Gray, 1859

1006690  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1006690)

 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
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  1. Species Melitella atrorubens Gray, 1870 accepted as Melithaea atrorubens (Gray, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  2. Species Melitella coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Melithaea coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  3. Species Melitella elongata Gray, 1859 accepted as Melithaea elongata (Gray, 1859) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  4. Species Melitella flabellata Gray, 1870 accepted as Melithaea flabellata (Gray, 1870) (original combination)
  5. Species Melitella japonica (Verrill, 1865) accepted as Melithaea japonica (Verrill, 1865) (changed combination)
  6. Species Melitella linearis Gray, 1870 accepted as Melithaea linearis (Gray, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
  7. Species Melitella ochracea (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Melithaea ochracea (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  8. Species Melitella retifera (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Melithaea retifera (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  9. Species Melitella splendens (Nutting, 1911) accepted as Melithaea splendens (Nutting, 1911) accepted as Melithaea mcqueeni Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014 (changed combination)
  10. Species Melitella tenella (Dana, 1846) accepted as Melithaea tenella Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  11. Species Melitella textiformis (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Melithaea textiformis (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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Gray, J.E. (1859). Description of some new genera of lithophytes or stony zoophytes. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1859: 479-486., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274893
page(s): 485 [details]   
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Melitella Gray, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1006690 on 2024-03-29
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original description Gray, J.E. (1859). Description of some new genera of lithophytes or stony zoophytes. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1859: 479-486., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274893
page(s): 485 [details]   

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

additional source van Ofwegen, L.P. (1987). Melithaeidae (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from the Indian Ocean and the Malay Archipelago. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 239: 1-57., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/317750
page(s): 5 [details]   

additional source Hickson, S.J. (1937). The family Melitodidae. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 23(1): 73-209, plate 14.
page(s): 123-124 [details]   

additional source Reijnen, B. T.; McFadden, C. S.; Hermanlimianto, Y. T.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (2014). A molecular and morphological exploration of the generic boundaries in the family Melithaeidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) and its taxonomic consequences. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 70: 383-401., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.028 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

source of synonymy Grasshoff, M. (1999). The shallow water gorgonians of New Caledonia and adjacent islands (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). <em>Senckenbergiana Biologica.</em> 78: 1–121. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request]