WoRMS taxon details
Melithaea elongata (Gray, 1859)
746528 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746528)
accepted
Species
Clathraria elongata (Gray, 1859) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melitaea ochracea var. lutea Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Melitella elongata Gray, 1859 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Melitodes elongata (Gray, 1859) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Mopsella elongata (Gray, 1859) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Melitella elongata Gray, 1859) Gray, J.E. (1859). Description of some new genera of lithophytes or stony zoophytes. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1859: 479-486., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274893
page(s): 485 [details]
page(s): 485 [details]
Holotype (of Melitella elongata Gray, 1859) BMNH...
Holotype (of Melitella elongata Gray, 1859) BMNH 1983.3.2.11 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Melithaea elongata (Gray, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746528 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Melitella elongata Gray, 1859) Gray, J.E. (1859). Description of some new genera of lithophytes or stony zoophytes. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1859: 479-486., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32274893
page(s): 485 [details]
original description (of Melitaea ochracea var. lutea Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 299 [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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page(s): 485 [details]
original description (of Melitaea ochracea var. lutea Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698
page(s): 299 [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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Holotype (of Melitella elongata Gray, 1859) BMNH 1983.3.2.11 [details]
