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<taxonomicName LSID="CB04AB01-62F2-B08F-0FDE-7CF7EF01A51D" authority="(Gohar, 1940)" baseAuthorityName="Gohar" baseAuthorityYear="1940" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ovabunda macrospiculata" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="macrospiculata">Ovabunda macrospiculata (Gohar, 1940)</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Ovabunda macrospiculata (Gohar, 1940) paratype (ZMTAU Co 35791). a Regular sclerite b Irregular sclerites c Fused sclerites. Arrows indicate surface dents. Scale bar 10 µm." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/22454" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">,19</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Xenia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="macrospiculata">Xenia macrospiculata</taxonomicName>
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Gohar, 1940: 96-98;
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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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table 1 listed only;
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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">Reinicke 1997</bibRefCitation>
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: 42, plates 1-3, 29.
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Gohar" baseAuthorityYear="1940" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="macrospiculata">Ovabunda macrospiculata</taxonomicName>
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;
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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, figs 29-30.
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<taxonomicName class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Xenia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="macrospiculata">Xenia macrospiculata</taxonomicName>
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Not;
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<bibRefCitation author="Verseveldt, J" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Verhandelingen" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" pagination="1 - 73" refId="B42" refString="Verseveldt, J, 1971. Octocorallia from North-Western Madagascar (Part II). Zoologische Verhandelingen 117: 1 - 73" title="Octocorallia from North-Western Madagascar (Part II)." volume="117" year="1971">Verseveldt 1971</bibRefCitation>
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: 64-65, fig. 39.
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<paragraph pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Neotype:</emphasis>
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ZMTAU Co 25635, northern Red Sea, Gulf of Suez, Shag Rock (
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), <5m, 11 July 1986, coll. Y. Benayahu.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Paratypes: ZMTAU</emphasis>
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Co 35789 (field number A69) northern Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, Underwa
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Restaurant (
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), 5 m, 3 May 2010, coll. A.
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; ZMTAU Co 35790 (field number A70) northern Red Sea, Gulf of Aqaba, The Interuniversity Institute of Marine Sciences in Eilat (IUI) (
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), 22 m, 4 May 2010, coll. A.
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; ZMTAU Co 35791 (field number A72), collection details as above, 9 m.
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<paragraph pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Description.</paragraph>
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The neotype is 20 mm high. Its stalk is 10 mm wide at its base, splitting into three branches, 7, 5 and 5 mm long; 5, 4 and 4 mm wide at the base and 10, 6 and 7 mm wide at the uppermost part, respectively.
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body reaches up to 2 mm and tentacles up to 5 mm, bearing three, occasionally two, rows of pinnules. The pinnules are 1 mm long and 0.2 mm wide, with less than a pinnule-width space between them, and there are 15-17 pinnules in the outermost row on each side of the tentacle. The sclerites are
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-type, both regular and pear-shaped, measuring 0.015-0.025
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0.023-0.041 mm (n = 34,
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). Occasionally two sclerites are fused, reaching 0.041 mm in maximal diameter (
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Ovabunda macrospiculata (Gohar, 1940) neotype (ZMTAU Co 25635). a Pear-shape sclerite b Regular sclerites c Fused sclerite. Scale bar 10 µm." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/22452" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Fig. 17c</figureCitation>
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).
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The other specimens (ZMTAU Co 35789, 35790, 35791) are of similar size to the neotype; all with three rows of pinnules aligned on both sides of the tentacles, and 14-18, 14-17 and 14-17 pinnules in the outermost row, respectively. Their sclerites are of the
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Ovabunda</emphasis>
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-type and vary in shapes from regular to irregular, pear-shaped or fused. Their size ranges through 0.016-0.025
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0.023-0.043 mm; 0.014-0.03
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) and 0.015-0.027
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0.022-0.046 mm (
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of Ovabunda macrospiculata (Gohar, 1940) paratype (ZMTAU Co 35791). a Regular sclerite b Irregular sclerites c Fused sclerites. Arrows indicate surface dents. Scale bar 10 µm." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/22454" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Fig. 19</figureCitation>
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) in diameter, respectively (n = 21 for each colony).
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Figure 17.</emphasis>
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Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Ovabunda macrospiculata</emphasis>
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(Gohar, 1940) neotype (ZMTAU Co 25635).
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Pear-shape sclerite
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Regular sclerites
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Fused sclerite. Scale bar 10
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Figure 18.</emphasis>
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Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Ovabunda macrospiculata</emphasis>
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(Gohar, 1940) paratype (ZMTAU Co 35790).
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Regular sclerites
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Irregular sclerite
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Fused sclerites
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Pear-shaped sclerite. Scale bar 10
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Figure 19.</emphasis>
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Scanning electron micrographs of polyp sclerites of
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(Gohar, 1940) paratype (ZMTAU Co 35791).
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Irregular sclerites
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Xenia macrospiculata</emphasis>
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from Ghardaqa, Egyptian Red Sea, as having pulsating tentacles, bearing three, occasionally two, rows of pinnules, with 12-16 pinnules in the outermost row (and 10-14 pinnules on the middle row, 0-10 on the oral one). That study did not indicate the museum in which the type was deposited. The last author of the current study searched in the museums listed in the Methods and found no trace of it; over time this type was probably lost. The designation of a neotype in this revision is thus necessary. The purpose of the designation is to clarify the
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taxonomic status and its assignment to
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Alderslade" authorityYear="2001" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Ovabunda</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Although the sclerites were described quite accurately in the original description (0.024-0.036 mm in diameter, and "spicules fused in pairs"), SEM micrographs of the sclerites are essential as in the other species of the revision.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="29" pageNumber="30">The neotype was collected in proximity to the collection site of the original specimen collected by Gohar. The neotype is located at ZMTAU, and available upon request for future examination.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Gohar" baseAuthorityYear="1940" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="macrospiculata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
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<pageBreakToken pageId="30" pageNumber="31" start="start">Ovabunda</pageBreakToken>
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macrospiculata
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</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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was also described by
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<bibRefCitation author="Verseveldt, J" journalOrPublisher="Zoologische Verhandelingen" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" pagination="1 - 73" refId="B42" refString="Verseveldt, J, 1971. Octocorallia from North-Western Madagascar (Part II). Zoologische Verhandelingen 117: 1 - 73" title="Octocorallia from North-Western Madagascar (Part II)." volume="117" year="1971">Verseveldt (1971</bibRefCitation>
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: 64-65, fig. 39) from Nosy Be, Madagascar, referring to three and sometimes four rows of pinnules with 12-16 pinnules in the outermost row, and sclerites 0.020-0.042 mm in maximal diameter. Examination of RMNH Coel. 6702 from that study revealed that its tentacles have mostly four, rarely three rows of pinnules, and 14-16 pinnules in the outermost row (Reinicke 2013, pers. comm.). During our study the sclerites were examined and they are indeed
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Alderslade" authorityYear="2001" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Ovabunda</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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-type, measuring up to 0.043 mm in maximum diameter, while fused sclerites are 0.055 mm in diameter. Based on the number of rows of pinnules and the number of pinnules at the outermost row, we conclude that it does not agree with
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Gohar" baseAuthorityYear="1940" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="macrospiculata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Ovabunda macrospiculata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="30" pageNumber="31" type="similar species">
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<paragraph pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Similar species.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Gohar" baseAuthorityYear="1940" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="macrospiculata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Ovabunda macrospiculata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is most similar to
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Halász & McFadden & Aharonovich & Toonen & Benayahu" authorityYear="2014" baseAuthorityName="Reinicke" baseAuthorityYear="1997" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="ainex">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Ovabunda ainex</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Although they both have three rows of pinnules, the numbers of pinnules in the outermost row ranges from 14-18 in
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Gohar" baseAuthorityYear="1940" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="macrospiculata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Ovabunda macrospiculata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
compared to 15-20 in
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Halász & McFadden & Aharonovich & Toonen & Benayahu" authorityYear="2014" baseAuthorityName="Reinicke" baseAuthorityYear="1997" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="ainex">
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||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Ovabunda ainex</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The major difference between them is that
|
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Gohar" baseAuthorityYear="1940" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="macrospiculata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Ovabunda macrospiculata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
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presents pulsating polyps in live colonies and
|
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Halász & McFadden & Aharonovich & Toonen & Benayahu" authorityYear="2014" baseAuthorityName="Reinicke" baseAuthorityYear="1997" class="Anthozoa" family="Xeniidae" genus="Ovabunda" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="ainex">
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||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Ovabunda ainex</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
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||
does not.
|
||
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="30" pageNumber="31" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Red Sea: Gulf of Aqaba, southern tip of Sinai Peninsula.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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</document> |