Melithaea
A Melithaea a virágállatok (Anthozoa) osztályának a szarukorallok (Alcyonacea) rendjébe, ezen belül a Scleraxonia alrendjébe és a Melithaeidae családjába tartozó nem.

Alcsaládjának az egyetlen neme és családjának a típusneme.

Rendszerezés 
A nembe az alábbi 113 faj tartozik:

Melithaea acuta (Gray, 1870)
Melithaea africana (Kükenthal, 1908)
Melithaea akalyx (Kükenthal, 1908)
Melithaea albitincta (Ridley, 1884)
Melithaea amboinensis (Hentschel, 1903)
Melithaea andamanensis (van Ofwegen, 1987)
Melithaea arborea (Kükenthal, 1908)
Melithaea atrorubens (Gray, 1870)
Melithaea aurantia (Esper, 1798)
Melithaea australis (Gray, 1868)
Melithaea baladea (Grasshoff, 1999)
Melithaea bicolor (Nutting, 1908)
Melithaea biserialis (Kükenthal, 1908)
Melithaea boninensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
Melithaea braueri (Kükenthal, 1919)
Melithaea caledonica Grasshoff, 1999
Melithaea capensis (Studer, 1878)
Melithaea cinquemiglia (Grasshoff, 1999)
Melithaea clavigera (Ridley, 1884)
Melithaea coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Melithaea contorta Dean, 1932
Melithaea corymbosa (Kükenthal, 1908)
Melithaea delicata (Hickson, 1940)
Melithaea dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melithaea divaricata (Gray, 1859)
Melithaea doederleini Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
Melithaea dubia (Broch, 1916)
Melithaea ellisi (Hickson, 1937)
Melithaea elongata (Gray, 1859)
Melithaea erythraea (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Melithaea esperi (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Melithaea flabellata (Gray, 1870)
Melithaea flabellum (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1910)
Melithaea formosa (Nutting, 1911)
Melithaea fragilis (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Melithaea frondosa (Brundin, 1896)
Melithaea furcata (Thomson, 1916)
Melithaea gracilis (Gray, 1859)
Melithaea gracillima (Ridley, 1884)
Melithaea haddoni (Hickson, 1937)
Melithaea harbereri (Kükenthal, 1908)
Melithaea hendersoni Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014
Melithaea hicksoni (Nutting, 1911)
Melithaea isonoi Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
Melithaea japonica (Verrill, 1865)
†Melithaea keramaensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
Melithaea klunzingeri (Kükenthal, 1908)
Melithaea kuea (Grasshoff, 1999)
Melithaea laevis (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Melithaea linearis (Gray, 1870)
Melithaea mabahissi (Hickson, 1940)
Melithaea maldivensis (van Ofwegen, 1987)
Melithaea mcqueeni Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014
Melithaea mertoni (Kükenthal, 1909)
Melithaea modesta (Kükenthal, 1908)
Melithaea moluccana (Kükenthal, 1896)
Melithaea mutsu (Minobe, 1929)
Melithaea nodosa (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Melithaea nuttingi (Hickson, 1937)
Melithaea occidentalis Duchassaing, 1870
Melithaea ochracea (Linnaeus, 1758) - típusfaj
Melithaea omanensis (van Ofwegen, 1987)
Melithaea ornata (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
Melithaea ouvea (Grasshoff, 1999)
Melithaea oyeni Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
Melithaea philippinensis (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Melithaea planiloca (Ridley, 1888)
Melithaea planoregularis (Kükenthal, 1909)
Melithaea pulchella (Thomson & Simpson, 1909)
Melithaea pulchra (Hickson, 1937)
Melithaea ramulosa (Kükenthal, 1909)
Melithaea retifera (Lamarck, 1816)
Melithaea robusta (Shann, 1912)
Melithaea roemeri (Kükenthal, 1908)
Melithaea rubeola (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Melithaea rubra (Esper, 1789)
Melithaea rubrinodis (Gray, 1859)
Melithaea rugosa (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Melithaea ryukyuensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
Melithaea sagamiensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
Melithaea sanguinea (Kükenthal, 1908)
Melithaea satsumaensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
Melithaea serrata (Ridley, 1884)
Melithaea shanni Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014
Melithaea sinaica (Grasshoff, 2000)
Melithaea singularis (Thomson, 1916)
Melithaea sinuata (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Melithaea spinosa (Kükenthal, 1878)
Melithaea splendens (Thomson & McQueen, 1908)
Melithaea spongiosa (Nutting, 1911)
Melithaea squamata (Nutting, 1911)
Melithaea squarrosa (Kükenthal, 1909)
Melithaea stiasnyi (van Ofwegen, 1989)
Melithaea stormii (Studer, 1895)
Melithaea studeri (Nutting, 1911)
Melithaea suensoni Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
Melithaea superba (Kükenthal, 1919)
Melithaea tanseii Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
Melithaea tenella (Dana, 1846)
Melithaea tenuis (Kükenthal, 1908)
Melithaea textiformis (Lamarck, 1815)
Melithaea thomsoni (Broch, 1916)
Melithaea thorpeae Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014
Melithaea tokaraensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen, 2015
Melithaea tongaensis (Kükenthal, 1908)
Melithaea triangulata (Nutting, 1911)
Melithaea trilineata (Thomson, 1917)
Melithaea undulata (Kükenthal, 1908)
Melithaea valdiviae (Kükenthal, 1908)
Melithaea variabilis (Hickson, 1905)
Melithaea virgata (Verrill, 1846)
Melithaea wrighti Reijnen, McFadden, Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen, 2014
Melithaea zimmeri (Kükenthal, 1908)

A Melithaea squamosa Nutting nomen nudumnak, azaz „csupasz névnek” számít, mivel tudományos névnek tűnik, ám nem az, mivel (még) nem publikálták egy megfelelő leírás kíséretében.

Források 
Melithaea Milne Edwards, 1857 WoRMS
Goh, N.K.C. & L.M. Chou (1996). An annotated checklist of the gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) of Singapore, with a discussion of the gorgonian diversity in the Indo-West Pacific. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 44 (2): 435-459.
Melithaeinae Alderslade, 2007 WoRMS
Alderslade, P. (2007). 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: 19–47.
L.P. van Ofwegen, S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms.

További információk 
Matsumoto, A.K. & Ofwegen, L.P.van 2015. Melithaeidae of Japan (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) re-examined with descriptions of 11 new species. Zookeys, 522: 1-127. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.522.10294 Full article 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

Melithaeidae
Csalánozónemek
A Melithaea a virágállatok ( Anthozoa ) osztályának a szarukorallok ( Alcyonacea ) rendjébe , ezen belül a Scleraxonia alrendjébe és a Melithaeidae családjába tartozó nem . Alcsaládjának az egyetlen neme és családjának a típusneme . Rendszerezés A nembe az alábbifaj tartozik : Melithaea acuta ( Gray , Melithaea africana ( Kükenthal , Melithaea akalyx ( Kükenthal , Melithaea albitincta ( Ridley , Melithaea amboinensis ( Hentschel , Melithaea andamanensis ( van Ofwegen , Melithaea arborea ( Kükenthal , Melithaea atrorubens ( Gray , Melithaea aurantia ( Esper , Melithaea australis ( Gray , Melithaea baladea ( Grasshoff , Melithaea bicolor ( Nutting , Melithaea biserialis ( Kükenthal , Melithaea boninensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen , Melithaea braueri ( Kükenthal , Melithaea caledonica Grasshoff , Melithaea capensis ( Studer , Melithaea cinquemiglia ( Grasshoff , Melithaea clavigera ( Ridley , Melithaea coccinea ( Ellis & Solander , Melithaea contorta Dean , Melithaea corymbosa ( Kükenthal , Melithaea delicata ( Hickson , Melithaea dichotoma ( Linnaeus , Melithaea divaricata ( Gray , Melithaea doederleini Matsumoto & van Ofwegen , Melithaea dubia ( Broch , Melithaea ellisi ( Hickson , Melithaea elongata ( Gray , Melithaea erythraea ( Ehrenberg , Melithaea esperi ( Wright & Studer , Melithaea flabellata ( Gray , Melithaea flabellum ( Thomson & Mackinnon , Melithaea formosa ( Nutting , Melithaea fragilis ( Wright & Studer , Melithaea frondosa ( Brundin , Melithaea furcata ( Thomson , Melithaea gracilis ( Gray , Melithaea gracillima ( Ridley , Melithaea haddoni ( Hickson , Melithaea harbereri ( Kükenthal , Melithaea hendersoni Reijnen , McFadden , Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen , Melithaea hicksoni ( Nutting , Melithaea isonoi Matsumoto & van Ofwegen , Melithaea japonica ( Verrill , † Melithaea keramaensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen , Melithaea klunzingeri ( Kükenthal , Melithaea kuea ( Grasshoff , Melithaea laevis ( Wright & Studer , Melithaea linearis ( Gray , Melithaea mabahissi ( Hickson , Melithaea maldivensis ( van Ofwegen , Melithaea mcqueeni Reijnen , McFadden , Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen , Melithaea mertoni ( Kükenthal , Melithaea modesta ( Kükenthal , Melithaea moluccana ( Kükenthal , Melithaea mutsu ( Minobe , Melithaea nodosa ( Wright & Studer , Melithaea nuttingi ( Hickson , Melithaea occidentalis Duchassaing , Melithaea ochracea ( Linnaeus,- típusfaj Melithaea omanensis ( van Ofwegen , Melithaea ornata ( Thomson & Simpson , Melithaea ouvea ( Grasshoff , Melithaea oyeni Matsumoto & van Ofwegen , Melithaea philippinensis ( Wright & Studer , Melithaea planiloca ( Ridley , Melithaea planoregularis ( Kükenthal , Melithaea pulchella ( Thomson & Simpson , Melithaea pulchra ( Hickson , Melithaea ramulosa ( Kükenthal , Melithaea retifera ( Lamarck , Melithaea robusta ( Shann , Melithaea roemeri ( Kükenthal , Melithaea rubeola ( Wright & Studer , Melithaea rubra ( Esper , Melithaea rubrinodis ( Gray , Melithaea rugosa ( Wright & Studer , Melithaea ryukyuensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen , Melithaea sagamiensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen , Melithaea sanguinea ( Kükenthal , Melithaea satsumaensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen , Melithaea serrata ( Ridley , Melithaea shanni Reijnen , McFadden , Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen , Melithaea sinaica ( Grasshoff , Melithaea singularis ( Thomson , Melithaea sinuata ( Wright & Studer , Melithaea spinosa ( Kükenthal , Melithaea splendens ( Thomson & McQueen , Melithaea spongiosa ( Nutting , Melithaea squamata ( Nutting , Melithaea squarrosa ( Kükenthal , Melithaea stiasnyi ( van Ofwegen , Melithaea stormii ( Studer , Melithaea studeri ( Nutting , Melithaea suensoni Matsumoto & van Ofwegen , Melithaea superba ( Kükenthal , Melithaea tanseii Matsumoto & van Ofwegen , Melithaea tenella ( Dana , Melithaea tenuis ( Kükenthal , Melithaea textiformis ( Lamarck , Melithaea thomsoni ( Broch , Melithaea thorpeae Reijnen , McFadden , Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen , Melithaea tokaraensis Matsumoto & van Ofwegen , Melithaea tongaensis ( Kükenthal , Melithaea triangulata ( Nutting , Melithaea trilineata ( Thomson , Melithaea undulata ( Kükenthal , Melithaea valdiviae ( Kükenthal , Melithaea variabilis ( Hickson , Melithaea virgata ( Verrill , Melithaea wrighti Reijnen , McFadden , Hermanlimianto & van Ofwegen , Melithaea zimmeri ( Kükenthal , A Melithaea squamosa Nutting nomen nudumnak , azaz „ csupasz névnek” számít , mivel tudományos névnek tűnik , ám nem az , mivel ( még ) nem publikálták egy megfelelő leírás kíséretében . Források Melithaea Milne Edwards,WoRMS Goh , N.K.C. & L.M. Chou An annotated checklist of the gorgonians ( Anthozoa : Octocorallia ) of Singapore , with a discussion of the gorgonian diversity in the Indo-West Pacific . The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology ( 2 ) : Melithaeinae Alderslade,WoRMS Alderslade , P. 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.47. L.P. van Ofwegen , S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land ( eds ) . as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms . További információk Matsumoto , A.K . & Ofwegen , L.P.van Melithaeidae of Japan ( Octocorallia , Alcyonacea ) re-examined with descriptions ofnew species . Zookeys , doi:3897/zookeys.522.10294 Full article reference page Reijnen , B.T. et al . A molecular and morphological exploration of the generic boundaries in the family Melithaeidae ( Coelenterata : Octocorallia ) and its taxonomic consequences . Molecular phylogenetics and evolution , doi : 1016/j.ympev.2013.09.028 reference page Melithaeidae Csalánozónemek