A taxonomic survey of Saudi Arabian Red Sea octocorals (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea)

Haverkort-Yeh, Roxanne D.; McFadden, Catherine S.; Benayahu, Yehuda; Berumen, Michael L.; Halàsz, Anna; Toonen, Robert J.

doi:10.1007/s12526-013-0157-4

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“…Sequences were aligned to a reference set of published sequences for other xeniid taxa (Haverkort-Yeh et al 2013; McFadden et al 2014b) using the L-INS-i method in MAFFT (Katoh et al 2005). Pairwise genetic distances (Kimura 2-parameter) among specimens were calculated using the DNADist program in PHYLIP v. 3.69 (Felsenstein 2005).…”

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A new species of Ovabunda (Octocorallia, Xeniidae) from the Andaman Sea, Thailand with notes on the biogeography of this genus

Janes¹,

McFadden²,

Chanmethakul³

2014

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A survey of xeniid octocorals was carried out in the waters off Southwestern Thailand in September, 2007. Microscopic investigation of the colonies revealed that three specimens belonged to the genus Ovabunda. Gross morphological examination is presented here accompanied by scanning electron micrographs of the sclerites. Molecular phylogenetic analysis showed identical genotypes at mtMutS, COI, and 28S rDNA for all three specimens and supports their generic assignment. Colony size and shape, sclerite size, and pinnule arrangement differ from nominal species of Ovabunda and thus a new species, O. andamanensis is introduced here. This work also presents a new eastern geographical record for the genus Ovabunda.

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A new species of Ovabunda (Octocorallia, Xeniidae) from the Andaman Sea, Thailand with notes on the biogeography of this genus

Janes¹,

McFadden²,

Chanmethakul³

2014

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“…All other sequences were obtained from GenBank, and have been included in previous phylogenetic analyses (McFadden et al 2009, 2011, 2014; Haverkort-Yeh et al 2013) (Suppl. material 2).…”

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“…Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945: 150 (Red Sea); Verseveldt 1980: 30 (older literature); Benayahu et al 2002: 278; 2003: 55 (Mozambique); Samimi Namin and Ofwegen 2009: 8 (Persian Gulf); Haverkort-Yeh et al 2013: 286 (Red Sea).…”

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Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) re-examined, with the description of a new species

Ofwegen¹,

McFadden²,

Benayahu³

2016

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Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834) is re-described and a lectotype assigned. This led to examination of related material from various Indo-Pacific regions. Consequently, Sinularia levi sp. n. is described from Eilat, Israel (Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea) and Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945 and Sinularia candidula Verseveldt and Benayahu, 1983 are synonymized with Sinularia polydactyla. Additional specimens identified in the literature as Sinularia polydactyla are provisionally reassigned to other taxa.

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“…Studies have demonstrated a high octocoral richness in the Red Sea, revealing new taxa and new zoogeographical records (e.g., Verseveldt and Benayahu 1978, 1983; Haverkort-Yeh et al 2013; Ofwegen et al 2013, 2016). Octocorals of the mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs), in contrast, have remained little studied (Shoham and Benayahu 2017).…”

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Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny. II. A new zooxanthellate species from Eilat, northern Red Sea

Benayahu

McFadden

Shoham

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An octocoral survey conducted in the mesophotic coral ecosystem (MCE) of Eilat (Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea) yielded a new species of the speciose reef-dwelling genus Sinularia. It features encrusting colony morphology with a thin, funnel-shaped polypary. Sinularia mesophotica sp. n. (family Alcyoniidae) is described and compared to the other congeners with similar morphology. Both the morphological and molecular examination justified the establishment of the new species, also assigning it to a new genetic clade within Sinularia. The results highlight its unique phylogenetic position within the genus, and this is the first described species of a mesophotic zooxanthellate octocoral.

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A taxonomic survey of Saudi Arabian Red Sea octocorals (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea)

Cited by 33 publications

References 32 publications

A new species of Ovabunda (Octocorallia, Xeniidae) from the Andaman Sea, Thailand with notes on the biogeography of this genus

A new species of Ovabunda (Octocorallia, Xeniidae) from the Andaman Sea, Thailand with notes on the biogeography of this genus

Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) re-examined, with the description of a new species

Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny. II. A new zooxanthellate species from Eilat, northern Red Sea

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