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<taxonomicName LSID="9B3B17A3-EF25-4CC3-092D-15089309DB41" authority="(Reinicke, 1995)" baseAuthorityName="Reinicke" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ovabunda benayahui" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="benayahui">Ovabunda benayahui (Reinicke, 1995)</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Hickson" authorityYear="1930" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Xenia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="nana">Xenia nana</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation author="Benayahu, Y" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Mededelingen" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" pagination="113 - 120" refId="B6" refString="Benayahu, Y, 1990. Xeniidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from the Red Sea with description of a new species. Zoologische Mededelingen 64: 113 - 120" title="Xeniidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) from the Red Sea with description of a new species." volume="64" year="1990">Benayahu 1990</bibRefCitation>
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: 117-118, fig. 3, table 1.
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Reinicke" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Xenia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="benayahui">Xenia benayahui</taxonomicName>
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Reinicke, 1995: 26-27, figs 1c, 15;
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<bibRefCitation author="Reinicke, GB" journalOrPublisher="Fauna of Saudi Arabia" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" pagination="5 - 62" refId="B31" refString="Reinicke, GB, 1997. Xeniidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the Red Sea with descriptions of six new species of Xenia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 16: 5 - 62" title="Xeniidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the Red Sea with descriptions of six new species of Xenia." volume="16" year="1997">1997</bibRefCitation>
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: 29, fig. 12, plate 16.
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Reinicke" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="benayahui">Ovabunda benayahui</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation author="Alderslade, P" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the biological Society of Washington" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" pagination="15 - 65" refId="B3" refString="Alderslade, P, 2001. Six new genera and six new species of soft corals, and some proposed familial and subfamilial changes within the Alcyonacea (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). Bulletin of the biological Society of Washington 10: 15 - 65" title="Six new genera and six new species of soft corals, and some proposed familial and subfamilial changes within the Alcyonacea (Coelenterata: Octocorallia)." volume="10" year="2001">Alderslade 2001</bibRefCitation>
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: 51;
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<bibRefCitation author="Janes, MP" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Mededelingen" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" pagination="599 - 626" refId="B18" refString="Janes, MP, 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 82 (49): 599 - 626" title="A study of the Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) collected on the " Tyro " expedition to the Seychelles with a description of a new genus and species." volume="82" year="2008">Janes 2008</bibRefCitation>
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: 609-610, fig. 7.
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Holotype and two paratypes</emphasis>
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(the holotype is the largest colony): RMNH Coel. 19664, northern Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, Saudi Arabian border bay, 20 km south to Aqaba (
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), 21 m, 3 October 1989, coll. G. B. Reinicke;
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">additional material:</emphasis>
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ZMTAU Co 26043, northern Red Sea, Gulf of Suez, Shag Rock (
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), 14 July 1987, coll. Y. Benayahu; ZMTAU Co 26044, northern Red Sea, Gulf of Suez, Southern tip of Sinai, Shaab el Utaf (
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), 10 m, 8 July 1986, coll. Y. Benayahu.
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Description.</paragraph>
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The holotype is 25 mm high; stalk is 10 mm long, 6 mm wide at colony-base, and 15 mm wide at the uppermost part. The
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body is up to 4 mm long, and the tentacles up to 4 mm long, featuring a single row of 6-7 pinnules along each edge. The pinnules are short, up to 0.7 mm long and 0.4 mm wide with a 0.2-0.3 mm gap between adjacent pinnules. The sclerites are
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Ovabunda</emphasis>
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) and measure 0.019-0.035
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0.027-0.041 mm in diameter (n = 22 sclerites). When two sclerites are fused they measure up to 0.043 mm in maximal diameter (
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Ovabunda benayahui (Reinicke, 1995) holotype (RMNH Coel. 19664). a Regular sclerites b Fused sclerite. Arrows indicate surface dents. Scale bar 10 µm." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/22441" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Fig. 6b</figureCitation>
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). The original description indicated non-pulsating polyps in live colonies. The ethanol-preserved colony is light brown-beige.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Figure 6.</emphasis>
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Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Ovabunda benayahui</emphasis>
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(Reinicke, 1995) holotype (RMNH Coel. 19664).
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Regular sclerites
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Fused sclerite. Arrows indicate surface dents. Scale bar 10
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Remarks.</paragraph>
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ZMTAU Co 26043, originally identified by
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as
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nana
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, comprises 13 colonies up to 17 mm in height. Their stalks are not divided, and are up to 8 mm long, 8 mm wide at the base, and 10 mm wide at the uppermost part.
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body reaches up to 1.4 mm in length, tentacles up to 1.6 mm, featuring a row of 5-6 closely set pinnules, 0.4 mm long and 0.16 mm wide. Sclerites are
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Ovabunda</emphasis>
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-type spheroids (
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Ovabunda benayahui Reinicke, 1995 (ZMTAU Co 26043). a Regular sclerites b Fused sclerites c Egg-shaped sclerite d Rectangular sclerite. Arrow indicates surface crest. Scale bar 10 µm." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/22442" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 7a</figureCitation>
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), 0.016-0.029
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0.020-0.039 mm in diameter (n = 34 sclerites); some are egg-shaped (
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Ovabunda benayahui Reinicke, 1995 (ZMTAU Co 26043). a Regular sclerites b Fused sclerites c Egg-shaped sclerite d Rectangular sclerite. Arrow indicates surface crest. Scale bar 10 µm." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/22442" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 7c</figureCitation>
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) and sometimes two spheroids are fused (
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Ovabunda benayahui Reinicke, 1995 (ZMTAU Co 26043). a Regular sclerites b Fused sclerites c Egg-shaped sclerite d Rectangular sclerite. Arrow indicates surface crest. Scale bar 10 µm." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/22442" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 7b</figureCitation>
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). ZMTAU Co 26044 comprises several disintegrated small colonies, similar in size to those of ZMTAU Co 26043. There are 5-7 pinnules in a single row on each side of the tentacles. The sclerites are
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Ovabunda</emphasis>
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-type, 0.015-0.031
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0.022-0.039 mm in diameter (n = 34 sclerites). Polyp pulsation was not noted by
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. The colonies (ZMTAU Co 26043-26044) were misidentified as
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Xenia nana</emphasis>
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by
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and should be reassigned to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Ovabunda benayahui</emphasis>
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. The type of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Xenia nana</emphasis>
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(BML 1939.6.12.9) was examined by the last author of the current paper and found to be of the genus
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Aldersladum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Benayahu & McFadden, 2011.
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</paragraph>
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<caption httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/22442" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
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<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Figure 7.</emphasis>
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Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of
|
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Reinicke" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="benayahui">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Ovabunda benayahui</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
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Reinicke, 1995 (ZMTAU Co 26043).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">a</emphasis>
|
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Regular sclerites
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">b</emphasis>
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Fused sclerites
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">c</emphasis>
|
||
Egg-shaped sclerite
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">d</emphasis>
|
||
Rectangular sclerite. Arrow indicates surface crest. Scale bar 10
|
||
<normalizedToken originalValue="µm">µm</normalizedToken>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="conclusions">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Conclusions.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
|
||
The features of the holotype and paratypes of
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Reinicke" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="benayahui">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Ovabunda benayahui</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
agree with the original description of the species, and the assignment to
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Alderslade" authorityYear="2001" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Ovabunda</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Alderslade, P" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the biological Society of Washington" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" pagination="15 - 65" refId="B3" refString="Alderslade, P, 2001. Six new genera and six new species of soft corals, and some proposed familial and subfamilial changes within the Alcyonacea (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). Bulletin of the biological Society of Washington 10: 15 - 65" title="Six new genera and six new species of soft corals, and some proposed familial and subfamilial changes within the Alcyonacea (Coelenterata: Octocorallia)." volume="10" year="2001">Alderslade (2001)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
was confirmed in the current study.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="similar species">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Similar species.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Reinicke" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="benayahui">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Ovabunda benayahui</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is most similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Benayahu" baseAuthorityYear="1990" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="verseveldti">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Ovabunda verseveldti</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Although they both have one row of pinnules, the numbers of pinnules in the outermost row ranges from 6-7 in
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Reinicke" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="benayahui">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Ovabunda benayahui</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
compared to 12-18 in
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Benayahu" baseAuthorityYear="1990" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="verseveldti">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Ovabunda verseveldti</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="12" pageNumber="13" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Distribution.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
|
||
Red Sea: Gulf of Aqaba, Southern tip of Sinai Peninsula; Seychelles (see
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Janes, MP" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Mededelingen" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" pagination="599 - 626" refId="B18" refString="Janes, MP, 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 82 (49): 599 - 626" title="A study of the Xeniidae (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) collected on the " Tyro " expedition to the Seychelles with a description of a new genus and species." volume="82" year="2008">Janes 2008</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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