WoRMS name details
Clathraria Gray, 1859
267325 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267325)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Clathraria rubrinodis Gray, 1859 accepted as Melithaea rubrinodis (Gray, 1859) (type by monotypy)
- Species Clathraria acuta Gray, 1870 accepted as Melithaea acuta (Gray, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Clathraria akalyx Kükenthal, 1908 accepted as Melithaea akalyx (Kükenthal, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Clathraria atrorubens (Gray, 1870) accepted as Melithaea atrorubens (Gray, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Clathraria elongata (Gray, 1859) accepted as Melithaea elongata (Gray, 1859) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Clathraria maldivensis van Ofwegen, 1987 accepted as Melithaea maldivensis (van Ofwegen, 1987) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Clathraria omanensis van Ofwegen, 1987 accepted as Melithaea omanensis (van Ofwegen, 1987) (original combination)
- Species Clathraria planiloca (Ridley, 1888) accepted as Melithaea planiloca (Ridley, 1888) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Clathraria robusta Kükenthal, 1919 accepted as Melithaea shanni Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Melithaea robusta (Shann, 1912))
- Species Clathraria roemeri Kükenthal, 1908 accepted as Melithaea roemeri (Kükenthal, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
- Species Clathraria rubrinodis Gray, 1859 accepted as Melithaea rubrinodis (Gray, 1859) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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): 486 [details]
page(s): 486 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Clathraria Gray, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267325 on 2025-04-23
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 486 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
page(s): 486 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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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context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Alderslade, P. (2006). New subfamilies and a new genus and species of Melithaeidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) with comparative data on the structure of both melithaeid and subergorgiid axes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1199: 19–47.
page(s): 19 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 84-85 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1979). Adelogorgia telones, a new species of gorgonacean coral (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Galapagos Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 91(4): 1026-1036., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34602309
page(s): 1035 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Grasshoff, M.; Bargibant, G. (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Èditions. Paris., pp. 335.
page(s): 80, 83, 316, 317 [details]
additional source Grasshoff, M. (1999). The shallow water gorgonians of New Caledonia and adjacent islands. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 1-2, 1-121
page(s): 7 [details]
additional source Alderslade, P. (2006). New subfamilies and a new genus and species of Melithaeidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) with comparative data on the structure of both melithaeid and subergorgiid axes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1199: 19–47.
page(s): 19 [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 84-85 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bayer, F.M. (1979). Adelogorgia telones, a new species of gorgonacean coral (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) from the Galapagos Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 91(4): 1026-1036., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34602309
page(s): 1035 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Grasshoff, M.; Bargibant, G. (2001). Coral Reef Gorgonians of New Caledonia. IRD Èditions. Paris., pp. 335.
page(s): 80, 83, 316, 317 [details]
additional source Grasshoff, M. (1999). The shallow water gorgonians of New Caledonia and adjacent islands. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 1-2, 1-121
page(s): 7 [details]
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