WoRMS name details
Wrightella tongaensis Kükenthal, 1908
288400 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:288400)
unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Species
Wrightella Gray, 1870 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Kükenthal, W. (1908). Die Gorgonidenfamilie der Melitodidae Verr. (5. Mitteilung.). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 33(7/8): 189–201., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9898475
page(s): 200 [details]
page(s): 200 [details]
Holotype ZMB ZMB.5813, geounit Tonga Islands, ZMB...
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Wrightella tongaensis Kükenthal, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=288400 on 2025-03-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Kükenthal, W. (1908). Die Gorgonidenfamilie der Melitodidae Verr. (5. Mitteilung.). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 33(7/8): 189–201., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9898475
page(s): 200 [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]
page(s): 200 [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]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 72-73 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 171-172 [details]
additional source van Ofwegen, L.P. (1989). On Wrightella coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) and Wrightella stiasnyi spec. nov. (Anthozoa: Gorgonacea: Melithaeidae). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 63(3): 27-34., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/317963
page(s): 31 [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]
additional source Kükenthal, W. (1924). Coelenterata: Gorgonaria. in: Das Tierreich (Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen). 47. 478 pp.
page(s): 72-73 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Kükenthal, W. (1919). Gorgonaria. <em>Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer “Valdivia”, 1898–1899.</em> 13, 1–946., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6222923
page(s): 171-172 [details]
additional source van Ofwegen, L.P. (1989). On Wrightella coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) and Wrightella stiasnyi spec. nov. (Anthozoa: Gorgonacea: Melithaeidae). <em>Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 63(3): 27-34., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/317963
page(s): 31 [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]
Holotype ZMB ZMB.5813, geounit Tonga Islands [details]
Holotype ZMB ZMB.5813, geounit Tonga Islands [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | リュウキュウイソバナ | [details] |
