UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO)

WoRMS name details

Clathraria Gray, 1859

AphiaID

267325 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267325)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Clathraria rubrinodis Gray, 1859 accepted as Melithaea rubrinodis (Gray, 1859) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Melithaeinae Alderslade, 2006

Direct children (10)

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Species Clathraria acuta Gray, 1870 accepted as Melithaea acuta (Gray, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Clathraria akalyx Kükenthal, 1908 accepted as Melithaea akalyx (Kükenthal, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Clathraria atrorubens (Gray, 1870) accepted as Melithaea atrorubens (Gray, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Clathraria elongata (Gray, 1859) accepted as Melithaea elongata (Gray, 1859) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Clathraria maldivensis van Ofwegen, 1987 accepted as Melithaea maldivensis (van Ofwegen, 1987) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Clathraria omanensis van Ofwegen, 1987 accepted as Melithaea omanensis (van Ofwegen, 1987) (original combination)
Species Clathraria planiloca (Ridley, 1888) accepted as Melithaea planiloca (Ridley, 1888) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Clathraria robusta Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Melithaea shanni Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Melithaea robusta (Shann, 1912))
Species Clathraria roemeri Kükenthal, 1908 accepted as Melithaea roemeri (Kükenthal, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Clathraria rubrinodis Gray, 1859 accepted as Melithaea rubrinodis (Gray, 1859) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)

Environment

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

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1859). Description of some new genera of lithophytes or stony zoophytes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1859: 479-486., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274893
page(s): 486 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Clathraria Gray, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267325 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-14 11:18:07Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-14 07:16:49Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

2014-01-10 09:03:38Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

2014-01-20 07:04:24Z

changed

van Ofwegen, Leen

2021-04-24 02:38:30Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2022-11-04 04:15:53Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1859). Description of some new genera of lithophytes or stony zoophytes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1859: 479-486., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274893
page(s): 486 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [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. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 70: 383-401., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.028 [details] Available for editors

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Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Alderslade, P. (2006). New subfamilies and a new genus and species of Melithaeidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) with comparative data on the structure of both melithaeid and subergorgiid axes. Zootaxa. 1199: 19–47.
page(s): 19 [details]

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 84-85 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Bayer, F.M. (1979). Adelogorgia telones, a new species of gorgonacean coral (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 91(4): 1026-1036., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34602309
page(s): 1035 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Grasshoff, M.; Bargibant, G. (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Èditions. Paris., pp. 335.
page(s): 80, 83, 316, 317 [details]

additional source Grasshoff, M. (1999). The shallow water gorgonians of New Caledonia and adjacent islands. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 1-2, 1-121
page(s): 7 [details]

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