WoRMS name details
Wrightella Gray, 1870
205682 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205682)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
- Species Wrightella braueri Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Melithaea braueri (Kükenthal, 1919) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Wrightella chrysanthos Gray, 1870 accepted as Wrightella coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Melithaea coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Wrightella coccinea Gray, 1870 accepted as Melithaea coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (synonym)
- Species Wrightella coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Melithaea coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Wrightella dubia (Broch, 1916) accepted as Melithaea dubia (Broch, 1916) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Wrightella erythraea (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Melithaea erythraea (Ehrenberg, 1834) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Wrightella fragilis J.S. Thomson, 1916 accepted as Melithaea wrighti Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014 (secondary homonym of Melithaea fragilis (Wright & Studer, 1889))
- Species Wrightella furcata J.S. Thomson, 1916 accepted as Melithaea furcata (J.S. Thomson, 1916) (original combination)
- Species Wrightella robusta Shann, 1912 accepted as Melithaea robusta (Shann, 1912) (original combination)
- Species Wrightella stiasnyi van Ofwegen, 1989 accepted as Melithaea stiasnyi (van Ofwegen, 1989) (original combination)
- Species Wrightella superba Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Melithaea superba (Kükenthal, 1919) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Wrightella tongaensis Kükenthal, 1908 accepted as Melithaea tongaensis (Kükenthal, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Wrightella trilineata J.S. Thomson, 1916 accepted as Melithaea trilineata (J.S. Thomson, 1916) (original combination)
- Species Wrightella variabilis Thomson & Henderson, 1906 accepted as Melithaea hendersoni Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014 (junior secondary homonym of Melithaea variabilis (Hickson, 1905))
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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): 31-32 [details]
page(s): 31-32 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Wrightella Gray, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205682 on 2024-04-19
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original description
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): 31-32 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 71 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 168-170 [details]
additional source Reinicke, G. B.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. Linnean Society Occasional Publications, 2, 67-85, plates 1-10
page(s): 74, 79 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 203, 290 [details]
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]
source of synonymy 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]
page(s): 31-32 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Williams, G.C. (1992). Biogeography of the octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern Africa. <em>Biol. J. Linn. Soc.</em> 46: 351-401. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 71 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 168-170 [details]
additional source Reinicke, G. B.; van Ofwegen, L. P. (1999). Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. Linnean Society Occasional Publications, 2, 67-85, plates 1-10
page(s): 74, 79 [details]
additional source Williams, G. C. (1992). The Alcyonacea of southern Africa. Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 101(8): 181-296, Fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324
page(s): 203, 290 [details]
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] source of synonymy 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] 
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