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Melithaeidae Gray, 1870

196230  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196230)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Melithaeidae (Family)
accepted
Family
Melithaeadae Gray, 1870 · unaccepted (variant spelling)
Melitodidae Verrill, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mopselladae Gray, 1870 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Genus Alertigorgia Kükenthal, 1908
  2. Subfamily Asperaxinae Alderslade, 2006
    1. Genus Asperaxis Alderslade, 2006
  3. Genus Iciligorgia Duchassaing, 1870
  4. Subfamily Melithaeinae Alderslade, 2006
    1. Genus Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857
    2. Genus Acabaria Gray, 1859 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    3. Genus Anicella Gray, 1868 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    4. Genus Birotulata Nutting, 1911 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    5. Genus Clathraria Gray, 1859 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    6. Genus Melitella Gray, 1859 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    7. Genus Melitodes Verrill, 1864 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    8. Genus Mopsella Gray, 1858 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    9. Genus Pleurocoralloides Moroff, 1902 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    10. Genus Psilacabaria Ridley, 1884 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    11. Genus Wrightella Gray, 1870 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Genus Solenocaulon Gray, 1862
  6. Genus Leucoella Gray, 1870 accepted as Solenocaulon Gray, 1862 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  7. Genus Machaerigorgia Kükenthal, 1916 accepted as Alertigorgia Kükenthal, 1908 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  8. Genus Melitaea Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857 (incorrect spelling of Melitea Lamouroux, 1812 (pre-occupied by Melitaea Fabricius, 1807))
  9. Genus Melitea Lamouroux, 1812 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857 (junior homonym of Melitea Péron & Lesueur, 1810)
  10. Genus Semperina Kölliker, 1870 accepted as Iciligorgia Duchassaing, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  11. Genus Solenogorgia Genth, 1867 accepted as Solenocaulon Gray, 1862 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  12. Genus Suberiopsis Broch, 1916 accepted as Iciligorgia Duchassaing, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Melithaeadae Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 3 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Melithaeidae Gray, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196230 on 2025-04-24
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2005-12-30 14:07:12Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-09-15 12:49:54Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen
2022-11-04 04:15:53Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy
2024-12-28 21:14:13Z
changed
McFadden, Cathy

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Nomenclature

original description (of Melithaeadae Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 3 [details] 

original description (of Mopselladae Gray, 1870) Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1-51., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23832271
page(s): 5 [details] 

basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription McFadden, C.S.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Quattrini, A.M. (2022). Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics. <em>Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists.</em> 1(3), 8735, pp. 1-79., available online at https://ssbbulletin.org/index.php/bssb/article/view/8735
page(s): 39 [details] 

 
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