Caementabunda

Caementabunda simplex with partially retracted polyps.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alcyoniina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Phylum: Cnidaria Classis: Anthozoa Subclassis: Octocorallia Ordo: Alcyonacea Subordo: Alcyoniina

Familia: Xeniidae
Genus: Caementabunda
Species: C. simplex

Name

Caementabunda Benayahu, van Ofwegen & McFadden, 2018

ZooBank: 899AF711-D0A6-43F7-A3A6-75F481DF29A6

Type species: Cespitularia simplex Thomson & Dean, 1931 (type by original designation)

Etymology: from the Latin caementum (cement), and abunda (copious). Refering to the microstructure of the sclerites, which are composed of multitudes of microscleres, resembling aggregates of cement chips. Gender feminine.

References

• Benayahu, Y., van Ofwegen, L.P. & McFadden, C.S. 2018. Evaluating the genus Cespitularia Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850 with descriptions of new genera of the family Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). ZooKeys 754: 63–101. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.754.23368. Reference page. 

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Links

• Cordeiro, R.; McFadden, C.; van Ofwegen, L.; Williams, G. (2020). World List of Octocorallia. Caementabunda Benayahu, van Ofwegen & McFadden, 2018. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1304884 on 2020-07-04

• BHL bibliography
• Caementabunda – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Caementabunda.
• ION

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