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Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857

205342  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205342)

  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)
accepted
Genus
Acabaria Gray, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Anicella Gray, 1868 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Birotulata Nutting, 1911 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clathraria Gray, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melitaea Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (incorrect spelling of Melitea...)  
incorrect spelling of Melitea Lamouroux, 1812 (pre-occupied by Melitaea Fabricius, 1807)
Melitea Lamouroux, 1812 · unaccepted (junior homonym of Melitea Péron...)  
junior homonym of Melitea Péron & Lesueur, 1810
Melitella Gray, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melitodes Verrill, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mopsella Gray, 1858 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pleurocoralloides Moroff, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Psilacabaria Ridley, 1884 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Wrightella Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Melithaea acuta (Gray, 1870)
  2. Species Melithaea africana (Kükenthal, 1908)
  3. Species Melithaea akalyx (Kükenthal, 1908)
  4. Species Melithaea albitincta (Ridley, 1884)
  5. Species Melithaea amboinensis (Hentschel, 1903)
  6. Species Melithaea andamanensis (van Ofwegen, 1987)
  7. Species Melithaea arborea (Kükenthal, 1908)
  8. Species Melithaea atrorubens (Gray, 1870)
  9. Species Melithaea aurantia (Esper, 1798)
  10. Species Melithaea australis (Gray, 1868)
  11. Species Melithaea baladea (Grasshoff, 1999)
  12. Species Melithaea bicolor (Nutting, 1908)
  13. Species Melithaea biserialis (Kükenthal, 1908)
  14. Species Melithaea boninensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
  15. Species Melithaea braueri (Kükenthal, 1919)
  16. Species Melithaea caledonica Grasshoff, 1999
  17. Species Melithaea capensis (Studer, 1878)
  18. Species Melithaea cervicornis (Thomson & Dean, 1931)
  19. Species Melithaea cinquemiglia (Grasshoff, 1999)
  20. Species Melithaea clavigera (Ridley, 1884)
  21. Species Melithaea coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
  22. Species Melithaea contorta (Dean, 1932)
  23. Species Melithaea corymbosa (Kükenthal, 1908)
  24. Species Melithaea davidi Samimi-Namin, Ofwegen & McFadden, 2016
  25. Species Melithaea delicata (Hickson, 1940)
  26. Species Melithaea dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758)
  27. Species Melithaea divaricata (Gray, 1859)
  28. Species Melithaea doederleini Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
  29. Species Melithaea dubia (Broch, 1916)
  30. Species Melithaea ellisi (Hickson, 1937)
  31. Species Melithaea elongata (Gray, 1859)
  32. Species Melithaea erythraea (Ehrenberg, 1834)
  33. Species Melithaea esperi (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  34. Species Melithaea flabellata (Gray, 1870)
  35. Species Melithaea flabellum (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1910)
  36. Species Melithaea formosa (Nutting, 1911)
  37. Species Melithaea fragilis (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  38. Species Melithaea frondosa (Brundin, 1896)
  39. Species Melithaea furcata (J.S. Thomson, 1916)
  40. Species Melithaea gracilis (Gray, 1859)
  41. Species Melithaea gracillima (Ridley, 1884)
  42. Species Melithaea habereri (Kükenthal, 1908)
  43. Species Melithaea haddoni (Hickson, 1937)
  44. Species Melithaea hendersoni Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014
  45. Species Melithaea hicksoni (Nutting, 1911)
  46. Species Melithaea isonoi Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
  47. Species Melithaea japonica (Verrill, 1865)
  48. Species Melithaea keramaensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
  49. Species Melithaea klunzingeri (Kükenthal, 1908)
  50. Species Melithaea kuea (Grasshoff, 1999)
  51. Species Melithaea laevis (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  52. Species Melithaea linearis (Gray, 1870)
  53. Species Melithaea mabahissi (Hickson, 1940)
  54. Species Melithaea maldivensis (van Ofwegen, 1987)
  55. Species Melithaea mcqueeni Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014
  56. Species Melithaea mertoni (Kükenthal, 1909)
  57. Species Melithaea modesta (Kükenthal, 1908)
  58. Species Melithaea moluccana Kükenthal, 1919
  59. Species Melithaea mutsu (Minobe, 1929)
  60. Species Melithaea nodosa (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  61. Species Melithaea nuttingi (Hickson, 1937)
  62. Species Melithaea ochracea (Linnaeus, 1758)
  63. Species Melithaea omanensis (van Ofwegen, 1987)
  64. Species Melithaea ornata (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
  65. Species Melithaea ouvea (Grasshoff, 1999)
  66. Species Melithaea oyeni Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
  67. Species Melithaea philippinensis (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  68. Species Melithaea planiloca (Ridley, 1888)
  69. Species Melithaea planoregularis (Kükenthal, 1909)
  70. Species Melithaea pulchella (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
  71. Species Melithaea pulchra (Hickson, 1937)
  72. Species Melithaea ramulosa (Kükenthal, 1909)
  73. Species Melithaea retifera (Lamarck, 1816)
  74. Species Melithaea robusta (Shann, 1912)
  75. Species Melithaea roemeri (Kükenthal, 1908)
  76. Species Melithaea rubeola (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  77. Species Melithaea rubra (Esper, 1789)
  78. Species Melithaea rubrinodis (Gray, 1859)
  79. Species Melithaea rugosa (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  80. Species Melithaea ryukyuensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
  81. Species Melithaea sagamiensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
  82. Species Melithaea sanguinea (Kükenthal, 1908)
  83. Species Melithaea satsumaensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
  84. Species Melithaea serrata (Ridley, 1884)
  85. Species Melithaea shanni Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014
  86. Species Melithaea sinaica (Grasshoff, 2000)
  87. Species Melithaea singularis (Thomson, 1916)
  88. Species Melithaea sinuata (Wright & Studer, 1889)
  89. Species Melithaea spinosa (Kükenthal, 1909)
  90. Species Melithaea splendens (Thomson & McQueen, 1908)
  91. Species Melithaea spongiosa (Nutting, 1911)
  92. Species Melithaea squamata (Nutting, 1911)
  93. Species Melithaea squarrosa (Kükenthal, 1909)
  94. Species Melithaea stiasnyi (van Ofwegen, 1989)
  95. Species Melithaea stormii (Studer, 1895)
  96. Species Melithaea studeri (Nutting, 1911)
  97. Species Melithaea suensoni Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
  98. Species Melithaea superba (Kükenthal, 1919)
  99. Species Melithaea tanseii Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
  100. Species Melithaea tenella Dana, 1846
  101. Species Melithaea tenuis (Kükenthal, 1908)
  102. Species Melithaea textiformis (Lamarck, 1816)
  103. Species Melithaea thomsoni (Broch, 1916)
  104. Species Melithaea thorpeae Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014
  105. Species Melithaea tokaraensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
  106. Species Melithaea tongaensis (Kükenthal, 1908)
  107. Species Melithaea triangulata (Nutting, 1911)
  108. Species Melithaea trilineata (J.S. Thomson, 1916)
  109. Species Melithaea undulata (Kükenthal, 1908)
  110. Species Melithaea valdiviae (Kükenthal, 1908)
  111. Species Melithaea variabilis (Hickson, 1905)
  112. Species Melithaea virgata (Verrill, 1864)
  113. Species Melithaea wrighti Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014
  114. Species Melithaea zimmeri (Kükenthal, 1908)
  115. Species Melithaea confusum (Moroff, 1902) accepted as Melithaea japonica (Verrill, 1865) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  116. Species Melithaea densa (Kükenthal, 1908) accepted as Melithaea japonica (Verrill, 1865) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  117. Species Melithaea flabellifera (Kükenthal, 1908) accepted as Melithaea japonica (Verrill, 1865) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  118. Species Melithaea formosum (Moroff, 1902) accepted as Melithaea japonica (Verrill, 1865) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  119. Species Melithaea modesta (Nutting, 1911) accepted as Melithaea planoregularis (Kükenthal, 1909) (synonym)
  120. Species Melithaea occidentalis Duchassaing, 1870 accepted as Chelidonisis aurantiaca Studer, 1890 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, uncertain synonym)
  121. Species Melithaea splendens (Nutting, 1911) accepted as Melithaea mcqueeni Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014 (secondary homonym of M. splendens (Thomson & McQueen, 1908))
  122. Species Melithaea squamosa Nutting (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  123. Species Melithaea sulphurea (Studer, 1895) accepted as Melithaea stormii (Studer, 1895) (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 199 [details] OpenAccess publication
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205342 on 2025-04-28
Date
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1998-08-31 15:22:18Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-25 06:54:45Z
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Martinez, Olga
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z
checked
van Ofwegen, Leen
2014-01-20 07:04:24Z
changed
van Ofwegen, Leen
2021-04-25 03:00:43Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 199 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Wrightella 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): 31-32 [details] 

original description (of Acabaria 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): 484 [details] 

original description (of Clathraria 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): 486 [details] 

original description (of Mopsella Gray, 1858) Gray, J.E. (1857). Synopsis of the families and genera of axiferous zoophytes or barked corals. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 25 (1): 278-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 284 [details] 

original description (of Melitodes Verrill, 1864) Verrill, A. E. (1864). List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 1: 29-60., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587563
page(s): 38 [details] 

original description (of Pleurocoralloides Moroff, 1902) Moroff, T. (1902). Studien über Octocorallien. II. Ueber einige neue Gorgonaceen aus Japan. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher (Syst.).</em> 17: 404- 410, plates 16-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27412654
page(s): 405-406 [details] 

original description (of Melitella 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 Birotulata Nutting, 1911) Nutting, C.C. (1911). The Gorgonacea of the Siboga Expedition. VIII. The Scleraxonia. <em>Siboga Expedition Monographs.</em> 13b5: 1-62, plates 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12044618
page(s): 56 [details] 

original description (of Psilacabaria Ridley, 1884) Ridley, S.O. (1884). Alcyonaria. In: Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Alert' 1881-2. <em>London British Museum.</em> Pp. 327-365, plates 36-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12067326
page(s): 363 [details] 

original description (of Anicella Gray, 1868) Gray, J. (1868). LVIII.—Descriptions of some new genera and species of Alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 2(12): 441-445., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16105021
page(s): 446 [details] 

original description (of Melitea Lamouroux, 1812) Lamouroux, J. V. F. (1812). Extrait d'un mémoire sur la classification des Polypiers coralligènes non entièrement pierreux. Nouveau Bulletin scientifique de la Société Philosophique, 3: 181-188, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31775884 [details] 

original description (of Melitaea Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Goh, N.K.C. & L.M. Chou (1996). An annotated checklist of the gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) of Singapore, with a discussion of the gorgonian diversity in the Indo-West Pacific. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 44 (2): 435-459. [details] 

Other

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Alderslade, P. (2006). New subfamilies and a new genus and species of Melithaeidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) with comparative data on the structure of both melithaeid and subergorgiid axes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1199: 19–47.
page(s): 42 [details] 

additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065
page(s): 318 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bayer, F. M. (1988). Mirostenella articulata, a remarkable new genus and species of Primnoid Octocoral (Gorgonacea) with uncalcified axial nodes. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 101(2): 251-256.
page(s): 252 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Muzik, K.M. & F.M. Bayer. (1980). Melithaea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 and Isis ochracea Linnaeus, 1758 (Coelenterate, Anthozoa): proposed conservation. Z.N.(S.)2150. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 37: 228-232.
page(s): 228, 229, 230 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Bayer, F.M. (1979). Adelogorgia telones, a new species of gorgonacean coral (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Galapagos Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 91(4): 1026-1036., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34602309
page(s): 1034 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Fabricius, K.; Alderslade, P. (2001). Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A Comprehensive Guide to the Shallow-water Genera of the Central-West Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. <em>Australian Institute of Marine Science. Townsville.</em> pp. 264.
page(s): iv, 57, 170-171, 172-173, 177 [details] 

additional source Tixier-Durivault, A. (1940). Contribution a l'étude du métabolisme du calcium et du fer chez l'Alcyonium palmatum Pallas. Annales de l'Institute Oceanographique, 20(1): 311-379, plate 1
page(s): 358 [details] 

additional source Song, J. I. (1992). First report of Pseudocladochonus hicksoni Versluys from Korea (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Telestacea). Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology, 8(1): 133-140
page(s): 135 [details] 

 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Nontype (of Acabaria Gray, 1859) RMNH Coel. 17467, geounit Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acabaria Gray, 1859) RMNH Coel. 17468, geounit Somali Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acabaria Gray, 1859) RMNH Coel. 17469, geounit Somali Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acabaria Gray, 1859) RMNH Coel. 17470, geounit Somali Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acabaria Gray, 1859) RMNH Coel. 17471, geounit Somali Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acabaria Gray, 1859) RMNH Coel. 17472, geounit Somali Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acabaria Gray, 1859) RMNH Coel. 17473, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acabaria Gray, 1859) RMNH Coel. 17474, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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Japanese イボイソバナ属 [from synonym]イソバナ属イソハナビ属 [from synonym]  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Wrightella Gray, 1870)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Acabaria Gray, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acabaria) (from synonym Acabaria Gray, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melitaea) (from synonym Melitaea Lamarck, 1816)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melitella) (from synonym Melitella Gray, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melithaea) 
To Genbank (from synonym Acabaria Gray, 1859)
To Genbank (from synonym Melitaea Lamarck, 1816)
To Genbank (from synonym Clathraria Gray, 1859)
To Genbank (from synonym Mopsella Gray, 1858)
To Genbank (from synonym Melitodes Verrill, 1864)
To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1194744 09-18-2012-AM) (from synonym Acabaria Gray, 1859)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Melithaea ochracea
Melithaea ochracea
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To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1194744 09-18-2012-AM)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1194744 09-18-2012-AM)
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