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 athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274893 page(s): 484 [details]
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original descriptionGray, 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 athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274893 page(s): 484 [details]
context source (Deepsea)Hickson, S.J. (1937). The family Melitodidae. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 23(1): 73-209, plate 14.[details]
basis of recordGoh, 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]
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additional sourceCairns, 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> pp. 59-101., available online athttps://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431[details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceAlderslade, 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): 40, 41 [details]
additional sourceAlderslade, P. (2003). A new genus and species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) from Lord Howe Island, Australia. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen.</em> 345: 19-30., available online athttps://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/220290 page(s): 20 [details]
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additional sourcevan Ofwegen, L.P. (1987). Melithaeidae (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from the Indian Ocean and the Malay Archipelago. <em>Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden.</em> 239: 1-57., available online athttps://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/317750 page(s): 3, 4, 48-55 [details]
additional sourceReinicke, 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 sourceWilliams, 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 athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40683324 page(s): 203 [details]
additional sourceWilliams, G. C. (1989). A provisional annotated list of octocorallian coelenterates occurring on the sublittoral coral reefs at Sodwana Bay and Kosi Bay, northern Natal, with a key to the genera. South African Journal of Science, 85, 141-144 page(s): 142 [details]
additional sourceBayer, F. M. (1992). The helioporacean octocoral Epiphaxum, recent and fossil: a monographic iconography. Studies in Tropical Oceanography, 15, 1-76 page(s): 70 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional sourceKükenthal, W. (1909). Japanischen Gorgoniden. II. Teil: Die Familien der Plexauriden, Chrysogorgiiden und Melitodinen. <em>Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte Ostasiens. Herausgeben von Dr. F. Doflein. Abhandlungen der math.-phys. Klasse der K. Bayer Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> Suppl. Bd 1(5): 1-78, plates 1-7., available online athttps://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Abhandlungen-Akademie-Bayern_Supp-I-1906_0001-0078.pdf page(s): 60-61 [details]
source of synonymyReijnen, 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 athttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.028[details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype RMNH Coel. 17467, geounit Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype RMNH Coel. 17468, geounit Somali Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype RMNH Coel. 17469, geounit Somali Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype RMNH Coel. 17470, geounit Somali Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype RMNH Coel. 17471, geounit Somali Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype RMNH Coel. 17472, geounit Somali Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype RMNH Coel. 17473, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype RMNH Coel. 17474, geounit Indian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]