WoRMS taxon details

Melithaea atrorubens (Gray, 1870)

746527  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746527)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Melithaeidae (Family)
  8. Melithaeinae (Subfamily)
  9. Melithaea (Genus)
  10. Melithaea atrorubens (Species)
accepted
Species
Clathraria atrorubens (Gray, 1870) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melitella atrorubens Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Mopsella atrorubens (Gray, 1870) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Melitella atrorubens Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 6 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Melithaea atrorubens (Gray, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746527 on 2025-05-10
Date
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2014-01-10 09:03:38Z
created
van Ofwegen, Leen
2021-04-20 01:14:41Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description (of Melitella atrorubens Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 6 [details] 

new combination reference 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]

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Clathraria atrorubens (Gray, 1870))

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