Menella rigida
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: van Ofwegen, Leen
creator: McFadden, Cathy
date: 2026-08-05
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Menella rigida (Kükenthal, 1908)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Menella rigida (Kükenthal, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288386 on 2026-08-05
created: 2008-01-16T11:35:54Z
modified: 2021-04-17T21:54:21Z
replaces: 1474918
replaces: 1504291
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Menella rigida (Kükenthal, 1908)
class: Octocorallia
family: Acanthogorgiidae
genus: Menella
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Kükenthal, W. (1908). Diagnosen neuer Gorgoniden aus der Familie Plexauridae. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 32(17): 495-504.
name published in year: 1908
order: Malacalcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 205632
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Kükenthal, 1908)
specific epithet: rigida
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted