WoRMS name details
Pleurocoralloides Moroff, 1902
291536 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291536)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
- Species Pleurocoralloides confusum (Moroff, 1902) accepted as Melithaea japonica (Verrill, 1865) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pleurocoralloides formosum Moroff, 1902 accepted as Melithaea japonica (Verrill, 1865) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Moroff, T. (1902). Studien über Octocorallien. II. Ueber einige neue Gorgonaceen aus Japan. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher (Syst.).</em> 17: 404- 410, plates 16-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27412654
page(s): 405-406 [details]
page(s): 405-406 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Pleurocoralloides Moroff, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291536 on 2026-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Moroff, T. (1902). Studien über Octocorallien. II. Ueber einige neue Gorgonaceen aus Japan. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher (Syst.).</em> 17: 404- 410, plates 16-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27412654
page(s): 405-406 [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): 405-406 [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]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 52 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 52 [details] Available for editors
[request]