Sinularia eilatensis

Sinularia eilatensis (fig. A–E)

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 eilatensis

Name

Sinularia eilatensis van Ofwegen, Benayahu & McFadden, 2013

• Type locality: Israel, Red Sea, northern Gulf of Aqaba, Eilat, IUI (the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat) reef, depth 6 m.
• Holotype: ZMTAU Co 35260, leg. Y. Benayahu, 2011-01-10.

• Paratypes: ZMTAU Co 35261, ZMTAU Co 35305.

References

Primary references

• Ofwegen, L.P. van, Benayahu, Y. & McFadden, C.S. 2013. Sinularia leptoclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) re-examined. ZooKeys 272: 29–59. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.272.4406 Reference page. 

Links

• Sinularia eilatensis in the World Register of Marine Species
• ZooBank: 2DE6BD04-F415-48CB-AFB5-ABF3EF9BA63D