WoRMS name details
Melitella Gray, 1859
1006690 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1006690)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
- Species Melitella atrorubens Gray, 1870 accepted as Melithaea atrorubens (Gray, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Melitella coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Melithaea coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Melitella elongata Gray, 1859 accepted as Melithaea elongata (Gray, 1859) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Melitella flabellata Gray, 1870 accepted as Melithaea flabellata (Gray, 1870) (original combination)
- Species Melitella japonica (Verrill, 1865) accepted as Melithaea japonica (Verrill, 1865) (changed combination)
- Species Melitella linearis Gray, 1870 accepted as Melithaea linearis (Gray, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Melitella ochracea (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Melithaea ochracea (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Melitella retifera (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Melithaea retifera (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Melitella splendens (Nutting, 1911) accepted as Melithaea splendens (Nutting, 1911) accepted as Melithaea mcqueeni Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014 (changed combination)
- Species Melitella tenella (Dana, 1846) accepted as Melithaea tenella Dana, 1846 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Melitella textiformis (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Melithaea textiformis (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
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]
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 2024-12-26
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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
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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 [request]
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
[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
[request]