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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMelithaea maldivensis (van Ofwegen, 1987) 
AphiaID: 746529

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 maldivensis (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMelithaea Milne Edwards, 1857
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorClathraria maldivensis van Ofwegen, 1987
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorClathraria maldivensis van Ofwegen, 1987 (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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.028 [details]

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Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
Indian Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIndian Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746529
Taxonomic
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2014-01-10 09:03:38Z  created  van Ofwegen, Leen
  
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  Citation: van Ofwegen, L. (2014). Melithaea maldivensis (van Ofwegen, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746529 on 2017-06-24
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