UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Acabaria formosum (Moroff, 1902)

WoRMS name details

Acabaria formosum (Moroff, 1902)

AphiaID

288422 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288422)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted Name

Melithaea japonica (Verrill, 1865)

Rank

Species

Parent

Acabaria Gray, 1859 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857

Orig. name

Pleurocoralloides formosum Moroff, 1902

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Pleurocoralloides formosum Moroff, 1902) Moroff, T. (1902). Studien über Octocorallien. II. Ueber einige neue Gorgonaceen aus Japan. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher (Syst.).</em> 17: 404- 410, plates 16-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27412654
page(s): 406-407 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Acabaria formosum (Moroff, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288422 on 2024-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2014-01-10 09:03:38Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

2021-04-25 03:00:43Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2023-03-05 00:39:22Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Pleurocoralloides formosum Moroff, 1902) Moroff, T. (1902). Studien über Octocorallien. II. Ueber einige neue Gorgonaceen aus Japan. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher (Syst.).</em> 17: 404- 410, plates 16-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27412654
page(s): 406-407 [details]

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]