Melithaea
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Cnidaria
Class
Anthozoa
Order
Malacalcyonacea
Family
Melithaeidae
Genus
Melithaea
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Synonyms
Distribution and habitat preferences
Exposed sites with good current flow, such as reef fronts and passes.
Can be found in most reef habitats around Lizard Island.
Web resources
References
- Dai, C.-F. and M.-C. Lin (1993). The effects of flow on feeding of three gorgonians from southern Taiwan, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 173: 57-69.
- Fabricius, K. and P. Alderslade (2001). in: Soft corals and sea fans: a comprehensive guide to the tropical shallow water genera of the central-west Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville.
- Goulet, T.L., T.C. LaJeunesse and K.E. Fabricius (2008). Symbiont specificity and bleaching susceptibility among soft corals in the 1998 Great Barrier Reef mass coral bleaching event, Marine Biology, 154: 795-804.
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