Definition of Melithaeidae. Meaning of Melithaeidae. Synonyms of Melithaeidae

- Melithaeidae is a family of corals in the suborder Scleraxonia. Members of the family are commonly known as sea fans and are found on reefs in the tropical...
- family Briareidae Gray, 1859 family Coralliidae Lamouroux, 1812 family Melithaeidae Gray, 1870 family Paragorgiidae Kükenthal, 1916 family Parisididae Aurivillius...
- fan (Melithaea rubra) is a species of gorgonian sea fan in the family Melithaeidae. The sea fan colony grows up to about 30 cm high, with branches of between...
- Melitodes (family Melithaeidae). It has also been reported to feed on gorgonians of the genus, Acabaria (also family Melithaeidae). The egg ribbon is...
- Melithaea is a genus of octocorals in the family Melithaeidae. Members of the genus are commonly known as fan corals and are found in the tropical Indo-Pacific...
- Melithaea philippinensis is a coral, a member of octocorals in the family Melithaeidae. it is native the Philippine islands it was discovered by the H.M.S....
- Melithaea ochracea is a species of colonial soft coral in the family Melithaeidae, commonly known as knotted fan coral. It grows in tree-like fans on coral...
- Cuvier, 1798 Hemicorallium Gray, 1867 Paracorallium Bayer & Cairns, 2003 Melithaeidae Gray, 1870 Asperaxis Alderslade, 2007 Melithaea Milne-Edwards, 1857 Paragorgiidae...
- capensis (Hickson, 1900) (Cape Peninsula to southern KwaZulu-Natal) Family Melithaeidae Multicoloured sea fan, Melithaea rubra (Esper, 1789) also recorded as...