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

Leen P. Van Ofwegen; Catherine S. McFadden; Yehuda Benayahu

doi:10.3897/zookeys.581.7

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

Leen P. Van Ofwegen^*, Catherine S. McFadden, Yehuda Benayahu

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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 S. compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945 and S. candidula Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1983 are synonymized with S. polydactyla. Additional specimens identified in the literature as S. polydactyla are provisionally reassigned to other taxa.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	71-126
Number of pages	56
Journal	ZooKeys
Volume	2016
Issue number	581
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.581.7
State	Published - 2016

Keywords

Alcyonacea
COI
Coral reefs
Indo-Pacific
MtMutS
New species
Phylogeny
Re-description
Red Sea
Taxonomy

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