UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Melithaea aurantia (Esper, 1798)

WoRMS taxon details

Melithaea aurantia (Esper, 1798)

AphiaID

746535 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746535)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857

Original name

Isis aurantia Esper, 1798

Synonymised names

Isis aurantia Esper, 1798 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)

Mopsella aurantia (Esper, 1798) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

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

Original description

(of Isis aurantia Esper, 1798) Esper, E.J.C. (1788-1830). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. Raspischen Buchhandlung, Nuremberg. 3 vols text, 2 vols pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.2885
page(s): Isis Tab. IX [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Melithaea aurantia (Esper, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746535 on 2025-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-01-10 09:03:38Z

created

van Ofwegen, Leen

2020-12-26 17:40:10Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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

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Nomenclature

original description (of Isis aurantia Esper, 1798) Esper, E.J.C. (1788-1830). Die Pflanzenthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Farben erleuchtet nebst Beschreibungen. Raspischen Buchhandlung, Nuremberg. 3 vols text, 2 vols pls. , available online at https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.2885
page(s): Isis Tab. IX [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. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 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

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Mopsella aurantia (Esper, 1798))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Mopsella aurantia (Esper, 1798))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record) (from synonym Mopsella aurantia (Esper, 1798))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (2 records)

Unreviewed

Mopsella aurantia at NHM Vienna

Image from synonym