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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMelithaea squarrosa (Kükenthal, 1909) 
AphiaID: 746520

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 squarrosa (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMelithaea Milne Edwards, 1857
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcabaria squarrosa Kükenthal, 1909
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcabaria squarrosa Kükenthal, 1909 (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
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746520
Taxonomic
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2014-01-10 09:03:38Z  created  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2015). Melithaea squarrosa (Kükenthal, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746520 on 2016-09-24
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