UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Ovabunda benayahui (Reinicke, 1995)

WoRMS taxon details

Ovabunda benayahui (Reinicke, 1995)

AphiaID

290550 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290550)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Ovabunda Alderslade, 2001

Original name

Xenia benayahui Reinicke, 1995

Synonymised names

Xenia benayahui Reinicke, 1995 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Xenia benayahui Reinicke, 1995) Reinicke, G.B. (1995). Xeniidae des Roten Meeres (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Beitrage zur Systematik und Okologie. 6: 1-193.
page(s): 24-25 [details]

Type data

Holotype (of Xenia benayahui Reinicke, 1995) RMNH...

Holotype (of Xenia benayahui Reinicke, 1995) RMNH 19664, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Taxonomic citation

McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Ovabunda benayahui (Reinicke, 1995). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290550 on 2025-05-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-16 10:35:54Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-17 06:17:46Z

checked

van Ofwegen, Leen

2019-05-09 14:53:28Z

changed

McFadden, Cathy

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Xenia benayahui Reinicke, 1995) Reinicke, G.B. (1995). Xeniidae des Roten Meeres (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Beitrage zur Systematik und Okologie. 6: 1-193.
page(s): 24-25 [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. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington. 10:15-65.
page(s): 51 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomy

redescription Halász, A.; McFadden, C.S.; Aharonovich, D.; Toonen, R.; Benayahu, Y. (2014). A revision of the octocoral genus Ovabunda Alderslade, 2001 (Anthozoa, Octocorallia, Xeniidae). Zookeys. 373: 1-41.
page(s): 13-15 [details]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Janes, M.P. (2008). A study of the Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) collected on the "Tyro" expedition to the Seychelles with a description of a new genus and species. Zoologische Mededelingen, Vol. 82, No. 49, p.599-626. ISSN 0024-0672., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/292117
page(s): 610 [details]

Holotype (of Xenia benayahui Reinicke, 1995) RMNH 19664, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Xenia benayahui Reinicke, 1995) RMNH 19666 [details]

Nontype (of Xenia benayahui Reinicke, 1995) RMNH 19667 [details]

Nontype (of Xenia benayahui Reinicke, 1995) RMNH 19668, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Xenia benayahui Reinicke, 1995) RMNH 23582, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Nontype (of Xenia benayahui Reinicke, 1995) RMNH 23583, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Xenia benayahui Reinicke, 1995) RMNH 19664, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Paratype (of Xenia benayahui Reinicke, 1995) RMNH 19665, geounit Jordanian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

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