World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
Kotatea lobata Kessel, Alderslade, Bilewitch, Schnabel, Norman, Tekaharoa Potts & Gardner, 2022
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Samimi-Namin, K.; Hoeksema, B.W., Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L.P. (2026). World List of Octocorallia. Kotatea lobata Kessel, Alderslade, Bilewitch, Schnabel, Norman, Tekaharoa Potts & Gardner, 2022. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1602298 on 2026-08-05
Kessel, G.M.; Alderslade, P.; Bilewitch, J.P.; Schnabel, K.E.; Norman, J.; Tekaharoa Potts, R.; Gardner, J.P.A. (2022). Dead man's fingers point to new taxa: two new genera of New Zealand soft corals (Anthozoa, Octocorallia) and a revision of Alcyonium aurantiacum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833. European Journal of Taxonomy. 837: 1-85.
Kessel, Alderslade, Bilewitch, Schnabel, Norman, Tekaharoa Potts & Gardner, 2022