WoRMS taxon details
Ovabunda Alderslade, 2001
- Species Ovabunda ainex (Reinicke, 1997)
- Species Ovabunda andamanensis Janes, McFadden & Chanmethakul, 2014
- Species Ovabunda arabica (Reinicke, 1995)
- Species Ovabunda benayahui (Reinicke, 1995)
- Species Ovabunda biseriata (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971)
- Species Ovabunda crenata (Reinicke, 1997)
- Species Ovabunda faraunensis (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971)
- Species Ovabunda gohari (Reinicke, 1997)
- Species Ovabunda hamsina (Reinicke, 1997)
- Species Ovabunda impulsatilla (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971)
- Species Ovabunda macrospiculata (Gohar, 1940)
- Species Ovabunda verseveldti (Benayahu, 1990)
- Species Ovabunda aldersladei Janes, 2008 accepted as Ovabunda impulsatilla (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971) (synonym)
- Species Ovabunda obscuronata (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971) accepted as Ovabunda biseriata (Verseveldt & Cohen, 1971) (synonym)
marine, terrestrial
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. [details] Available for editors
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McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2025). World List of Octocorallia. Ovabunda Alderslade, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267661 on 2025-04-27
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Nomenclature
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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. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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. [details]
additional source 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. [details]