UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Melithaea sinaica (Grasshoff, 2000)

WoRMS taxon details

Melithaea sinaica (Grasshoff, 2000)

AphiaID

746516 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746516)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857

Original name

Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000

Synonymised names

Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) Grasshoff, M. (2000). The gorgonians of the Sinai coast and the Strait of Gubal, Red Sea (Coelenterata, Octocorallia). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. 224: 1-125. [details]

Type data

Holotype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) SMF...

Holotype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) SMF 2434, geounit Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Holotype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 9697, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Melithaea sinaica (Grasshoff, 2000). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746516 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-01-10 09:03:38Z

created

van Ofwegen, Leen

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) Grasshoff, M. (2000). The gorgonians of the Sinai coast and the Strait of Gubal, Red Sea (Coelenterata, Octocorallia). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg. 224: 1-125. [details]

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] Available for editors

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) SMF 2434, geounit Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Holotype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 9697, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) SMF 2427, geounit Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) SMF 2435, geounit Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) SMF 2436, geounit Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) SMF 2437, geounit Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) SMF 2438, geounit Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) SMF 2440, geounit Israeli Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) SMF 4464, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) SMF 4467, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) SMF 7006, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) SMNS, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 18917, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 18918, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 18920, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 20476 [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 20495, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 20499, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 24969, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 26039, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 26167, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 26168, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 26169, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 29268, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 29269, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 29270, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 3020, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 9673, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 9675, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 9680, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000) ZMTAU 9700, geounit Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) (from synonym Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Melithaea sinaica)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 16 proteins)