Melithaea australis
creator: van Ofwegen, Leen
creator: McFadden, Cathy
date: 2026-08-10
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: Melithaea australis (Gray, 1868)
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. Melithaea australis (Gray, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746482 on 2026-08-10
created: 2014-01-10T10:03:38Z
modified: 2020-12-30T17:19:45Z
replaces: 288410
replaces: 1473620
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Melithaea australis (Gray, 1868)
class: Octocorallia
family: Melithaeidae
genus: Melithaea
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Gray, J. (1868). LVIII.—Descriptions of some new genera and species of Alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 2(12): 441-445.
name published in year: 1868
order: Malacalcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 205342
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Gray, 1868)
specific epithet: australis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted