Bibliography for Melithaea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1857

• Briggs, E.A. 1915. Report on the Alcyonarians obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the eastern and southern coasts of Australia. Part I. Biological Results of the Fishing Experiments carried on by the F.I.S. Endeavour 1909-1914 3(2): 59-94
• Broch, H. 1916. Alcyonarien. pp. 1-48 in Broch, H. Results of Dr. E. J Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. Kongelige Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens nya Handlingar 52(11)
• Gray, J.E. 1859. Descriptions of some new genera of Lithophytes, or stony Zoophytes. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 479-486
• Gray, J.E. 1868. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Alcyonoid corals in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 2: 441-445
• Gray, J.E. 1870. Catalogue of the lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum 51 pp.
• Hickson, S.J. 1937. The family Melitodidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 23(3): 73-209
• Kükenthal, W. 1908. Die Gorgonidenfamilie der Melitodidae Verr. Zoologischer Anzeiger 33(7/8): 189-201
• Lamouroux, J.V. 1812. Extrait d'un memoire sur la classification des polypiers coralligenes non entierement pierreux. Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomatique de Paris 3: 63-188
• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp.
• Milne Edwards, H. 1857. Histoire Naturelle des Coralliaires ou Polypes Proprement Dits. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. T. 1 326 pp. [Only the chapter 'Introduction historique' was written by Milne-Edwards & Haime, as the latter passed away (see preface to the volume)]
• Muzik, K. & Bayer, F.M. 1980. Melithaea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 and Isis ochracea Linnaeus, 1758 (Coelenterata, Anthozoa): proposed conservation Z.N.(S.)2150. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 37(4): 228-230
• Nutting, C.C. 1911. The Gorgonacea of the Siboga Expedition VIII The Scleraxonia. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 13b5: 1-62
• Reijnen, B.T., McFadden, C.S., Hermanlimianto, Y.T. & van Ofwegen, L.P. 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
• Ridley, S. 1884. Alcyonaria. pp. 327-365 in Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881-2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis.
• Verrill, A.E. 1864. List of the polyps and corals sent by the Museum of Comparative Zoology to other institutions in exchange, with annotations. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 1: 29-60
• Verrill, A.E. 1865. Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Commodore C Ringgold and Captain John Rodgers, U.S.N., from 1853 to 1856. Collected by D. Proceedings of the Essex Institute Salem 4: 181-196
• Wright, E.P. & Studer, Th. 1889. Report on the Alcyonaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 31: 1-314

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