WoRMS name details
Wrightella fragilis J.S. Thomson, 1916
517861 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:517861)
unaccepted (secondary homonym of Melithaea fragilis (Wright & Studer, 1889))
Species
Wrightella Gray, 1870 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Thomson, J.S. (1916). I. South African Gorgonacea. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 61(1): 1-56, plates 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10265508
page(s): 15-16 [details]
page(s): 15-16 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Wrightella fragilis J.S. Thomson, 1916. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517861 on 2025-04-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Thomson, J.S. (1916). I. South African Gorgonacea. <em>Memoirs and proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society.</em> 61(1): 1-56, plates 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10265508
page(s): 15-16 [details]
page(s): 15-16 [details]
Taxonomy
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 
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context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [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]
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
