WoRMS taxon details

Melithaea elongata (Gray, 1859)

746528  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746528)

  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 elongata (Species)
accepted
Species
Clathraria elongata (Gray, 1859) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melitaea ochracea var. lutea Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melitella elongata Gray, 1859 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Melitodes elongata (Gray, 1859) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mopsella elongata (Gray, 1859) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Melitella elongata Gray, 1859) 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  (of Melitella elongata Gray, 1859) BMNH...  
Holotype (of Melitella elongata Gray, 1859) BMNH 1983.3.2.11 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Melithaea elongata (Gray, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746528 on 2024-04-16
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2014-01-10 09:03:38Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen

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original description  (of Melitella elongata Gray, 1859) 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]   

original description  (of Melitaea ochracea var. lutea Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, J.-B. M. de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second. <em>Paris. Verdière.</em> Vol. 2 pp. 1-568., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 299 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

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] 
Holotype (of Melitella elongata Gray, 1859) BMNH 1983.3.2.11 [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Clathraria elongata (Gray, 1859))

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