UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Acabaria serrata Ridley, 1884

WoRMS name details

Acabaria serrata Ridley, 1884

AphiaID

288440 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288440)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)

Accepted name

Melithaea serrata (Ridley, 1884)

Rank

Species

Parent

Acabaria Gray, 1859 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857

Original name

Acabaria serrata Ridley, 1884

Environment

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

Original description

Ridley, S.O. (1884). Alcyonaria. In: Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Alert' 1881-2. London British Museum. Pp. 327-365, plates 36-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12067326
page(s): 362-363 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Acabaria serrata Ridley, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288440 on 2025-05-12

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

2020-12-29 17:42:43Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2023-03-05 22:29:19Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Ridley, S.O. (1884). Alcyonaria. In: Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Alert' 1881-2. London British Museum. Pp. 327-365, plates 36-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12067326
page(s): 362-363 [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]

Other

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 79 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899. 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 184 [details]

additional source Hickson, S.J. (1937). The family Melitodidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 23(1): 73-209, plate 14.
page(s): 152-153 [details]

Paratype BMNH 1882.2.23.129–132, geounit Port Darwin [details]

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