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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMelithaea flabellum (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1910) 
AphiaID: 288130

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCnidaria (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnthozoa (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOctocorallia (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAlcyonacea (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorScleraxonia (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMelithaeidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMelithaeinae (Subfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMelithaea (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMelithaea flabellum (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMelithaea Milne Edwards, 1857
Orig. name Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIn quarantine: not visible on public site
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcabaria flabellum (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1910) (synonym)
Sources 
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. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 70, 383–401. [details]

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Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection 
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288130
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-17 06:17:46Z  checked  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2015). Melithaea flabellum. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288130 on 2016-09-26
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