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van Ofwegen, L.P.; McFadden, C.S.; Benayahu, Y. (2016). Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) re-examined, with the description of a new species. ZooKeys. 581: 71-126.
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van Ofwegen, L.P.; McFadden, C.S.; Benayahu, Y.
2016
Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834) (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) re-examined, with the description of a new species
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581: 71-126
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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.
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Sinularia candidula Verseveldt & Benayahu, 1983 accepted as Sclerophytum polydactylum (Ehrenberg, 1834) (source of synonymy)
Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945 accepted as Sclerophytum polydactylum (Ehrenberg, 1834) (source of synonymy)
Sinularia levi van Ofwegen, McFadden & Benayahu, 2016 accepted as Sclerophytum levi (van Ofwegen, McFadden & Benayahu, 2016) (original description)
Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Sclerophytum polydactylum (Ehrenberg, 1834) (redescription)
Sinularia compressa Tixier-Durivault, 1945 accepted as Sclerophytum polydactylum (Ehrenberg, 1834) (source of synonymy)
Sinularia levi van Ofwegen, McFadden & Benayahu, 2016 accepted as Sclerophytum levi (van Ofwegen, McFadden & Benayahu, 2016) (original description)
Sinularia polydactyla (Ehrenberg, 1834) accepted as Sclerophytum polydactylum (Ehrenberg, 1834) (redescription)
