Species Mopsella rubeola (Wright & Studer, 1889)

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Regional Maps

• Melitodes rubeola 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 [176].
• Mopsella fragilis 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) [29-31].
• Mopsella studeri Nutting, C.C. 1911. The Gorgonacea of the Siboga Expedition VIII The Scleraxonia. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 13b5: 1-62 [49].
• Mopsella spinosa Kükenthal, W. 1909. Diagnosen neuer Alcyonarien (7. Mitteilung). Zoologischer Anzeiger 35(1/2): 46-53 [52].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kükenthal, W. 1924. Gorgonaria. Das Tierreich 47: 1-478 [66]
• Hickson, S.J. 1937. The family Melitodidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 23(3): 73-209 [135, 145]

Ecological Descriptors

Hard bottom, marine, sessile.

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plus Hickson Torres Strait. Stiasny '51

NTM Yeppoon

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