Melithaeidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scleraxonia
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Anthozoa Subclassis: Octocorallia Ordo: Alcyonacea Subordo: Scleraxonia

Familia:
Subfamiliae (2): Asperaxinae – Melithaeinae

Melithaeidae Gray, 1870

Alderslade, P. 2006. New subfamilies and a new genus and species of Melithaeidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) with comparative data on the structure of both melithaeid and subergorgiid axes. Zootaxa 1199(1): 19–47. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1199.1.2 . Reference page.
Reijnen, B.T. et al. 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. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.028 Reference page.