WoRMS taxon details

Melithaea amboinensis (Hentschel, 1903)

746480  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746480)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Octocorallia (Class)
  6. Malacalcyonacea (Order)
  7. Melithaeidae (Family)
  8. Melithaeinae (Subfamily)
  9. Melithaea (Genus)
  10. Melithaea amboinensis (Species)
accepted
Species
Acabaria amboinensis Hentschel, 1903 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Mopsella amboinensis (Hentschel, 1903) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Acabaria amboinensis Hentschel, 1903) Hentschel, E. (1903). Gorgonacea von Amboina und Thursday Island. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 8: 643-652, plates 52-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39292444
page(s): 645-646 [details] 
Holotype  (of Acabaria amboinensis Hentschel, 1903) MZS...  
Holotype (of Acabaria amboinensis Hentschel, 1903) MZS MZS.Cni.105, verbatimGeounit Ambon (Specific loca... [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Melithaea amboinensis (Hentschel, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746480 on 2025-04-27
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2014-01-10 09:03:38Z
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van Ofwegen, Leen

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Nomenclature

original description (of Acabaria amboinensis Hentschel, 1903) Hentschel, E. (1903). Gorgonacea von Amboina und Thursday Island. <em>Denkschriften der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena.</em> 8: 643-652, plates 52-53., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39292444
page(s): 645-646 [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  PDF available [request]

Holotype (of Acabaria amboinensis Hentschel, 1903) MZS MZS.Cni.105, verbatimGeounit Ambon (Specific loca... [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Acabaria amboinensis Hentschel, 1903)

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