WoRMS taxon details
Melithaea hendersoni Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014
746558 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746558)
accepted
Species
Acabaria variabilis (Thomson & Henderson, 1906) · unaccepted > junior homonym (of Melithaea variabilis (Hickson, 1905))
Wrightella variabilis Thomson & Henderson, 1906 · unaccepted (junior secondary homonym of...)
junior secondary homonym of Melithaea variabilis (Hickson, 1905)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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 
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Lectotype (of Acabaria variabilis (Thomson & Henderson,...
Lectotype (of Acabaria variabilis (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)) BMNH 1962.7.20.104, geounit Maldives Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Melithaea hendersoni Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746558 on 2025-04-02
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original description
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]
original description (of Wrightella variabilis Thomson & Henderson, 1906) Thomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1906). The marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S., in the years 1901 and 1902 -- Alcyonaria. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1906, 393-442, plates 26-31., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32051773
page(s): 431 [details]
[request]original description (of Wrightella variabilis Thomson & Henderson, 1906) Thomson, J.A.; Henderson, W.D. (1906). The marine fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S., in the years 1901 and 1902 -- Alcyonaria. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1906, 393-442, plates 26-31., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32051773
page(s): 431 [details]
Lectotype (of Acabaria variabilis (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)) BMNH 1962.7.20.104, geounit Maldives Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Acabaria variabilis (Thomson & Henderson, 1906)) RMNH Coel. 17457, geounit Maldives Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
