Published June 18, 2024 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Melithaea undetermined

  • 1. Nekton Foundation, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • 2. Maldives Marine Research Institute, Male, Maldives
  • 3. Bangor University, Wales, United Kingdom & Maldives Marine Research Institute, Male, Maldives
  • 4. James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
  • 5. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, United States of America
  • 6. Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment, Cape Town, South Africa
  • 7. University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
  • 8. University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom & Nekton Foundation, Oxford, United Kingdom

Description

Melithaea sp. indet. 2

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceID: 9A0BD323-7824-53BB-BDAB-0D81AEDD908D; Taxon: scientificName: Melithaea sp. 2; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Cnidaria; class: Anthozoa-Octocorallia; order: Malacalcyonacea; family: Melithaeidae; genus: Melithaea; Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Maldives; locality: Vaavu, Laamu, Huvadhu; minimumDepthInMeters: 8; maximumDepthInMeters: 61; locationRemarks: Nekton Maldives Mission; Identification: identifiedBy: Farah Amjad, Paris Stefanoudis; dateIdentified: 2022, 2023; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; Event: samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR Snorkel; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Published as part of Amjad, Farah, Ahusan, Mohamed, Amir, Hana, de Villiers, Nina M, Gress, Erika, Mah, Christopher L, Naeem, Shafiya, Rico-Seijo, Nuria, Samaai, Toufiek, Afzal, Maryiam S, Woodall, Lucy C & Stefanoudis, Paris V, 2024, An underwater imagery identification guide for shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea benthos in Maldives, pp. e 120128 in Biodiversity Data Journal 12 on page e120128, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e120128

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Order
Alcyonacea
Family
Melithaeidae
Genus
Melithaea
Species
undetermined
Taxon rank
species
Type status
Other material