Melithaea capensis
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 capensis (Studer, 1878)
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 capensis (Studer, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746486 on 2026-08-10
created: 2014-01-10T10:03:38Z
modified: 2021-04-23T05:42:55Z
replaces: 517721
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Melithaea capensis (Studer, 1878)
class: Octocorallia
family: Melithaeidae
genus: Melithaea
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Studer, T. (1878). Ubersicht der Anthozoa Alcyonaria welche wahrend der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1878: 632-688.
name published in year: 1878
order: Malacalcyonacea
parent name usage ID: 205342
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: (Studer, 1878)
specific epithet: capensis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted