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Melithaea nodosa is a rather small horn coral, about which there is also only sparse information in the scientific literature.
The species was first described in 1889 by Wright and Studer from Sagami Bay, Japan and the New Hebrides, today Vanuatu.
An insight about the actual (maximum?) size was given by Wright and Studer "130 mm high and 60 to 80 mm in diameter".
The first photo of Melithaea nodosa was taken by the naturalist Dr., Karine Marangon, who, when asked by us, gave a size of less than 15cm.
Color of colonies: reddish-brown, polyps yellow, axis yellowish-red; reddish nodes.
Synonyms:
Acabaria nodosa Wright & Studer, 1889
Melitodes nodosa Wright & Studer, 1889
The species was first described in 1889 by Wright and Studer from Sagami Bay, Japan and the New Hebrides, today Vanuatu.
An insight about the actual (maximum?) size was given by Wright and Studer "130 mm high and 60 to 80 mm in diameter".
The first photo of Melithaea nodosa was taken by the naturalist Dr., Karine Marangon, who, when asked by us, gave a size of less than 15cm.
Color of colonies: reddish-brown, polyps yellow, axis yellowish-red; reddish nodes.
Synonyms:
Acabaria nodosa Wright & Studer, 1889
Melitodes nodosa Wright & Studer, 1889
