WoRMS name details
Melitaea Lamarck, 1816
1507324 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1507324)
unaccepted (incorrect spelling of Melitea Lamouroux, 1812 (pre-occupied by Melitaea Fabricius, 1807))
Genus
- Species Melitaea coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Melithaea coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Melitaea ochracea Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Melithaea ochracea (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, incorrect authority)
- Species Melitaea retifera Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Melithaea retifera (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Melitaea tenella Dana, 1846 accepted as Melithaea tenella Dana, 1846 (original combination)
- Species Melitaea textiformis Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Melithaea textiformis (Lamarck, 1816) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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 [details] 
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Melitaea Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1507324 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
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 [details]
basis of record 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): 200 [details]
basis of record 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): 200 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Muzik, K.M. & F.M. Bayer. (1980). Melithaea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 and Isis ochracea Linnaeus, 1758 (Coelenterate, Anthozoa): proposed conservation. Z.N.(S.)2150. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 37: 228-232., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.5169 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Gray, J.E. (1857). Synopsis of the families and genera of axiferous zoophytes or barked corals. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 25 (1): 278-294., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32451423
page(s): 285 [details]
page(s): 285 [details]
