WoRMS name details
Mopsella hicksoni Thorpe, 1928
605557 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:605557)
unaccepted (junior secondary homonym of Melithaea hicksoni (Nutting, 1911))
Species
Mopsella Gray, 1858 accepted as Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Thorpe, L. (1928). Alcyonaria of the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 36(247): 479-531.
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McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Mopsella hicksoni Thorpe, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605557 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Thorpe, L. (1928). Alcyonaria of the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology.</em> 36(247): 479-531.
page(s): 520-521 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 520-521 [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy
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. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 70: 383-401., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.028 [details] Available for editors [request]
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