Deep-Sea taxon details
Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857
205342 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205342)
accepted
Genus
Acabaria Gray, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Clathraria Gray, 1859 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Melithaea nuttingi (Hickson, 1937)
- Species Melithaea rubrinodis (Gray, 1859)
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]
page(s): 199 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205342 on 2026-03-23
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205342 on 2026-03-23
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2006-09-25 06:54:45Z
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Martinez, Olga
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]
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]
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]
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
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1199.1.2
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
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
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.5169
page(s): 228, 229, 230 [details] Available for editors
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
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]
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]
page(s): 199 [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]
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]
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
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1199.1.2
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
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
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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.5169
page(s): 228, 229, 230 [details] Available for editors
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
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]
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]
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 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 Acabaria Gray, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acabaria) (from synonym Acabaria Gray, 1859)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melithaea)
To Genbank (from synonym Acabaria Gray, 1859)
To Genbank (from synonym Clathraria Gray, 1859)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1194744 09-18-2012-AM) (from synonym Acabaria Gray, 1859)
To ITIS
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 (Melithaea)
To Genbank (from synonym Acabaria Gray, 1859)
To Genbank (from synonym Clathraria Gray, 1859)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 1194744 09-18-2012-AM) (from synonym Acabaria Gray, 1859)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
Image from typetaxon
