Sinularia mesophotica

Sinularia mesophotica

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: Alcyoniidae
Subfamilia: Alcyoniinae
Genus: Sinularia
Species: Sinularia mesophotica

Name

Sinularia mesophotica Benayahu, McFadden, Shoham & van Ofwegen, 2017

Holotype: ZMTAU Co 37425, 31 May 2016, coll. M. Weis.

[ZMTAU: National Center for Biodiversity Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel]

Type locality: Israel, northern Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, Eilat, Dekel Beach (29°32'2.49"N, 34°57'44.56"E), 62 m.

Paratypes: ZMTAU Co 37492, 3, same data as holotype.

ZooBank: 658B7592-DE2D-4929-AF61-C11FABCF2879

References

Primary references

• Benayahu, Y., McFadden, C.S., Shoham, E. & van Ofwegen, L.P. 2017. Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny. II. A new zooxanthellate species from Eilat, northern Red Sea. ZooKeys 676: 1—12. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.676.12751. Reference page. 
  • [original description of Sinularia mesophotica: P. 3–7; Figs. 1–4]

Links

• Sinularia mesophotica in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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