UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Melithaea nodosa (Wright & Studer, 1889)

URMO taxon details

Melithaea nodosa (Wright & Studer, 1889)

AphiaID

288137 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288137)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857

Original name

Melitodes nodosa Wright & Studer, 1889

Synonymised names

Acabaria nodosa Wright & Studer, 1889 · unaccepted (changed combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873�76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 178-179 [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Melithaea nodosa (Wright & Studer, 1889). Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288137 on 2025-09-11

Thematic species database citation

Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Melithaea nodosa (Wright & Studer, 1889). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288137 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2021-04-17 19:54:21Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (4)
Documented distribution (0)

original description (of ) Wright, E.P.; Studer, T. (1889). Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873�76. Zoology.</em> 31 (part 64), lxxii+ 314 pp., 43 pls. London., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2081946
page(s): 178-179 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Imahara, Y. (1996). Previously recorded octocorals from Japan and adjacent seas. Precious Corals and Octocoral Research, 4-mei, 17-44
page(s): 28 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality