WoRMS name details

Melitella elongata Gray, 1859

1023662  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1023662)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Melithaeidae (Family)
  8. Melithaeinae (Subfamily)
  9. Melitella (Genus)
  10. Melitella elongata (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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]   
Holotype  BMNH 1983.3.2.11  
Holotype BMNH 1983.3.2.11 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Melitella elongata Gray, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1023662 on 2024-04-20
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2017-07-31 14:43:57Z
created
Cordeiro, Ralf
2021-04-24 02:38:30Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2023-03-05 22:29:19Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy

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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]   

basis of record 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] 

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] 
Holotype BMNH 1983.3.2.11 [details]

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