WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Xenia crista Reinicke, 1997) Reinicke, G.B. (1997). Xeniidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the Red Sea, with descriptions of six new species of Xenia. <em>Fauna of Saudi Arabia.</em> 16: 5-62. [details]
original description
(of Xenia arabica Reinicke, 1995) Reinicke, G.B. (1995). Xeniidae des Roten Meeres (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). <em>Beitrage zur Systematik und Okologie.</em> 6: 1-193. page(s): 37 [details]
basis of record
van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference
Alderslade, P. (2001). Six new genera and six new species of soft coral, and some proposed familial and subfamilial changes within the Alcyonacea. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 10:15-65. page(s): 51 [details] Available for editors [request]
Taxonomyredescription
Halász, A.; McFadden, C.S.; Aharonovich, D.; Toonen, R.; Benayahu, Y. (2014). A revision of the octocoral genus Ovabunda Alderslade, 2001 (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Xeniidae). <em>Zookeys.</em> 373: 1-41. page(s): 11-13 [details]
Othercontext source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Holotype (of Xenia arabica Reinicke, 1995) RMNH 18673, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Xenia arabica Reinicke, 1995) RMNH 18674, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Xenia crista Reinicke, 1997) RMNH 18678, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Xenia arabica Reinicke, 1995) RMNH 18675, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Xenia arabica Reinicke, 1995) RMNH 18676, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
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