African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Wrightella coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

AfReMaS name details

Wrightella coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

AphiaID

288396 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288396)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Melithaea coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

Rank

Species

Parent

Wrightella Gray, 1870 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857

Original name

Isis coccinea Ellis & Solander, 1786

Environment

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

Original description

(of ) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909
page(s): 107 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Wrightella coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288396 on 2026-09-02

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Wrightella coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288396 on 2026-09-02

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

2021-04-21 03:21:09Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

2023-03-05 22:29:19Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

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original description (of ) Ellis, J.; Solander, D. (1786). The Natural History of many curious and uncommon Zoophytes, collected from various parts of the Globe. Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. 4.(Benjamin White & Son: London): 1-206, pls 1-63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41943909
page(s): 107 [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]

additional source Hickson, S.J. (1937). The family Melitodidae. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 23(1): 73-209, plate 14.
page(s): 183-184 [details]

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 170-171 [details]

additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 71 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (1 record)