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Accepted Name Source
Melithaea japonica (Verrill, 1865)
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in: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. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 70: 383–401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.028
Synonym Source
Melitodes densa Kükenthal, 1908 synonym
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Published in:Kükenthal, W. (1908). Die Gorgonidenfamilie der Melitodidae Verr. (5. Mitteilung.). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 33(7/8): 189–201. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=385959
Melithaea flabellifera (Kükenthal, 1908) synonym
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Melithaea densa (Kükenthal, 1908) synonym
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Pleurocoralloides formosum Moroff, 1902 synonym
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Published in:Moroff, T. (1902). Studien über Octocorallien. II. Ueber einige neue Gorgonaceen aus Japan. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Syst.), 17: 404– 410, plates 16–17. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=401822
Pleurocoralloides confusum (Moroff, 1902) synonym
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Pleurocorallium confusum Moroff, 1902 synonym
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Published in:Moroff, T. (1902). Studien über Octocorallien. II. Ueber einige neue Gorgonaceen aus Japan. Zoologische Jahrbücher (Syst.), 17: 404– 410, plates 16–17. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=401822
Melithaea formosum (Moroff, 1902) synonym
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Melithaea confusum (Moroff, 1902) synonym
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Acabaria formosum (Moroff, 1902) proparte synonym
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Published in:Nutting, C. C. (1911). The Gorgonacea of the Siboga Expedition. VIII. The Scleraxonia. Siboga Expedition Monographs, 13b5: 1–62, plates 1–12. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=404146
Acabaria confusum (Moroff, 1902) synonym
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Mopsella japonica Verrill, 1865 synonym
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Published in:Verrill AE. (1866). Synopsis of the Polyps and Corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C. Ringgold and Captain John Rogers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by Dr. Wm. Stimpson, naturalist to the Expedition. With Descriptions of some additional Species from the West Coast of North America. Proceedings of the Essex Institute, 4 (7): 181–196, pls 5–6. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=191764
Melitella japonica (Verrill, 1865) synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Gray, J. E. (1870). Catalogue of Lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. pp. 1–51. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=398475
Acabaria japonica (Verrill, 1865) synonym
  • GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Ridley, S. O. (1884). Alcyonaria. In: Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert’ 1881-2. London British Museum, Pp. 327–365, plates 36–38. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=352177

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Cnidaria
class
Anthozoa
order
Malacalcyonacea
family
Melithaeidae
genus
Melithaea
species
Melithaea japonica
subspecies
Melithaea flabellifera cylindrata Kükenthal, 1908 
subspecies
Melithaea flabellifera flabellifera 
subspecies
Melithaea flabellifera reticulata Kükenthal, 1908 
variety
Melitodes flabellifera var. cylindrata Kükenthal, 1908 
variety
Melitodes flabellifera var. flabellifera 
variety
Melitodes flabellifera var. reticulata Kükenthal, 1908 
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